Olympus Agonistes
War, Death, and Intellectualism
Posted on November 13, 2024
in THR Web Features
Image: THR illustration; letters between Freud and Einstein; the Romanian campaign, World War I/Alamy Stock Photo.
Intellectualism’s core activity is analysis—investigating how and why certain occurrences take place around us.
Stories to Live By
by
Alan Jacobs
Posted on November 4, 2024
in THR Web Features
Image: Joan Didion, c. 1977; Everett Collection, Inc./Alamy Stock Photo.
If politics is your life, then you must tell yourself a political story in order to live.
Are You Being Played?
by
Jay Tolson
Posted on October 30, 2024
in THR Web Features
Image: Stéphane Bernard as Père Ubu from Ubu Roi (ou presque) by Alfred Jarry, 2017, Théâtre National Populaire, France, photograph by Christian Ganet; Christian Ganet/ArtComPress/Bridgeman Images.
Our Ubu is the Savage God who embodies the worst of us.
Two Declarations
A Marriage of Sorts
Posted on October 16, 2024
in THR Web Features
Image: The Jerry West statue at the Crypto.com Arena; Jonathan Coleman and Jerry West, courtesy of the author.
One big and enduring reason Jerry trusted me is that he sensed that I was no stranger to the dark spot in the wood—something we shared in common.
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