Essay Idleness at a time of crisis May 13, 2020 Most of us probably never realized the speed with which large elements of the familiar world could disappear. Governmental orders have required changes in behaviour, changes that have generated remarkably similar kinds of experience across the globe. Read More
Essay Escape from quarantine May 12, 2020 Like many professional intellectuals, books were my original escape. I was a strange child with abrasive manners, and real life was lonely and chaotic. I read ceaselessly, anything I could get my hands on. Read More
Essay Coloring pages for birding enthusiasts May 08, 2020 Therapeutic coloring is loaded with health benefits for its practitioners, including sharper focus,聽stress relief,聽and even improved sleep. At a time of uncertainty and high anxiety, we hope these free downloadable coloring pages are as good for your inner birder as they are for your brain. Read More
Interview Making motherhood work in the age of COVID-19 May 08, 2020 This Mother鈥檚 Day weekend, Christie Henry, Director of 快色直播 talks聽with聽Caitlyn Collins about 鈥楳aking Motherhood Work鈥� in the age of COVID鈥�19. Read More
Interview J. David Velleman on On Being Me May 06, 2020 We鈥檝e all had to puzzle over such profound matters as birth, death, regret, free will, agency, and love. How might philosophy help us think through these vital concerns? Read More
Podcast Listen in: Lives of Houses May 05, 2020 What can a house tell us about the person who lives there? Do we shape the buildings we live in, or are we formed by the places we call home? And why are we especially fascinated by the houses of the famous and often long-dead? Read More
Essay Cicero, friendship, and social distancing May 04, 2020 The best friend of the Roman politician Marcus Cicero was Titus Pomponius, also known as Atticus since he spent many years living in Athens to escape the political chaos and partisan bickering of republican Rome. Read More
Reading List Resilience and reflection: 快色直播 for a new season May 01, 2020 Optimism, friendship, mindfulness, perspective (both geological and otherwise), nature, a sense of purpose鈥攖here are as many ways to expand our capacities for resilience as there are books to explore. Read More
Essay How to drink (at home) April 30, 2020 Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca. 1498鈥�1539) thought so. Read More
Interview By Design | Oddly Modern Fairy Tales April 24, 2020 Fairy tales exert a keen influence on the collective imagination. By turns entertaining and frightening, didactic and illuminating, they are the stuff of dreams, but also of reality. Read More
Essay When 鈥楾ake Your Child to Work Day鈥� is every day April 23, 2020 Take your child to work day has been a festive time at PUP in recent years, with a free popup kids bookstore and 鈥榦pen office hours鈥� with our director Christie Henry, who provides the kids of PUP with a generous supply of publishing advice and donuts. Read More
Interview Justin Farrell on Billionaire Wilderness April 21, 2020 Billionaire Wilderness聽takes you inside the exclusive world of the ultra-wealthy, showing how today鈥檚 richest people are using the natural environment to solve the existential dilemmas they face. Read More
Essay The case for hierarchy April 20, 2020 Imagine a country with no social hierarchies: let鈥檚 call it Equality. People in Equality treat each others as equals regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, religion, family background, class, or position in the workplace. Read More
Essay Reading Callimachus through comics April 17, 2020 Comics and illustration鈥攕iblings or cousins, related in so many ways鈥攁re deeply hybrid art forms. Read More
Essay Coronavirus got your class? Tips for surviving the transition to online learning April 15, 2020 Has your college just switched from classroom-based to online instruction? Do you feel like you have just been pushed off a cliff? Read More
