What Old Dogs Know
Do these people not know that now is now is now is NOW?
By Jeannette Cooperman
Living at Odds With One’s Country
How do we stay plugged into a society that is fast losing any moral compass—and keep our own?
A Queasy Selling of the Family Heirlooms
I am not sure which would appall my mother more: “dip chiller” to name her receptacle for delicate, extravagant shrimp, or me asking an artificial intelligence to remind me what she taught me.
How the Wreckage of Slavery Washes Upon the Shores of a Small Island
This island is extraordinary, and indifferent to that fact. The past is alive wherever you turn, though with few historic markers and little protection. Artifacts, ruins, and human remains have been tossed aside, laid claim to, or layered over, yet they refuse to be erased.
Hire Vitrivius to Do Your Interior Design
Cicero: “An enormous house is often a discredit to the owner, if there is an emptiness about the place.”
Do You Have to Like the Main Character?
When I defended likability, I sounded, even to my own ears, naïve.
Dare We Say It? The Bible Is a Messy Book
Somehow I had come to think of the Bible as stuck together from the start, a sacred, ordained book on which we speak our oaths...
Locked Out
For eighteen years, I have been returning home, sliding that brass key into the lock, and stepping into comfort. Now I tense before I even try.
The Precarious Joy of Eating Lunch
On Saturdays, my mom and I went shopping, and around three in the afternoon, I would ask, in a small plaintive voice, “Mom, did we have lunch today?”
AI’s Ethics Are Evolving…into Satanic Blood Rituals
Aw, you humans have been scared of tech forever, the AI says....
What a Wise Greek Taught Me About Will Power
Prudentius offers “an ancient guide to not giving in.”
Decoding—and Recovering?—the Veil
No other garment is as modest and erotic, humble and powerful, obvious and enigmatic.