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Diary of a Do-Gooder

by Sara Eckel January 19, 2018October 19, 2022

After years of trying to distinguish herself, Sara Eckel considers the value of door-to-door canvassing, phone-banking, and other anonymous tasks of everyday activism.

We’re delighted to share three responses to Scott’s essay “Between the Wolf in the Tall Grass and the Wolf in the Tall Story” from Paul Bloom, William Gatewood, and Daniel Raeburn. Jump to responses by Paul, William, and Daniel. * * * The Arrogance of Empathy by Paul Bloom I don’t regret calling my last […]

Books, Nonfiction, Story

How Lobbyists Normalized the Use of Chemical Weapons on American Civilians

by Longreads February 12, 2018February 22, 2023

Or, how we learned to stop worrying and love the gas.

Nonfiction

It Isn’t That Shocking

by Leslie Kendall Dye May 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Popular culture likes to depict electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as sinister and dangerous. Leslie Kendall Dye reflects on the myths surrounding the treatment that saved her life.

Nonfiction, Story

It Isn’t That Shocking

by Leslie Kendall Dye May 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Popular culture likes to depict electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as sinister and dangerous. Leslie Kendall Dye reflects on the myths surrounding the treatment that saved her life.

Nonfiction, Quotes

The Scientific Language of Cooking

by Aaron Gilbreath January 20, 2017October 19, 2022

Have dinner with Harold McGee, the academic-turned-cookbook author who paved the way for Alton Brown and a whole generation of culinary scientists.

Books

Late in Life, Thoreau Became a Serious Darwinist

by Longreads July 13, 2017February 22, 2023

But he died before he could finish his book on natural history. As Emerson put it, Thoreau “depart[ed] out of Nature before… he has been really shown to his peers for what he is.”