The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville — The Con Is the Country
Every April Fools’ Day, a stranger boards a Mississippi steamboat. He changes his face, his…
The Religions of the Oppressed by Vittorio Lanternari — When the Powerless Invent Their Own God
Desperation is the mother of theology. That’s what I kept thinking as I worked through…
The Old Régime and the French Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville — The Revolution That Already Happened
Revolutions don’t begin with the first shot. They begin long before anyone picks up a…
Descartes’ Error by Antonio Damasio — The Body Was Never Separate from the Mind
A review of Antonio Damasio’s Descartes’ Error — the neuroscience book that dismantled 350 years of mind-body dualism and proved emotion is the engine of reason.
Technopoly by Neil Postman — The Prophet Nobody Wanted to Hear
Neil Postman wrote Technopoly in 1992. I want you to hold that date in your…
When Elephants Weep by Jeffrey Masson — Darwin Never Finished the Sentence
Darwin said it first. Right there in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and…
