Wearing a Mask in France Would Be a Revolution
In France, wearing a COVID-19 mask will mean a real revolution in norms governing behavior in its public space.
Pruning the Mind During a Crisis
Why should anyone focus on the life of the mind when individual and societal survival is threatened?
Firmness
by
Alan Jacobs
Posted on April 15, 2020
Image: Paperback cover illustration of Lew Archer by Mitchell Hooks.
Time to adopt a new hero: Lew Archer, private detective.
A Painter Crawling toward God
Posted on April 14, 2020
Image: Pietà, 1575–1576, by Titian (1490–1576); Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice; Wikipedia.
A deeply personal encounter with the plague.
Covidien and the Failure of Corporate Social Responsibility
Posted on April 13, 2020
Image: Covidien facility in California; Kristoffer Tripplaar/SIPA via AP Images.
We can’t take CEOs’ high-flown gestures at face value.
False Positive
Posted on April 10, 2020
Image: President Gerald Ford receiving a swine flu inoculation from the White House physician, October 14, 1976; David Hume Kennerly, Gerald Ford Presidential Library; Wikimedia Commons.
How are we to respond when faced with competing uncertainties?