To stand in front of a Brutalist building is to be humbled, "confronted by a chunk of eternity. That can be comforting — or disconcerting" ... more »
Simone Weil produced a fragmentary oeuvre, almost none of which appeared in her lifetime. Her posthumous mythology makes her hard to pin down ... more »
George Scialabba asks: If we decide, as a society, to reject consumerism and technological addiction, is there a path forward? ... more »