Nina Kossman: Upon seeing a portrait of Genrikh Yagoda* on a wall in a Moscow police station
so many feet that did not run away,
so many mouths that did not speak,
so many inheritors of what can’t be described
May 5, 2021 · Leave a comment
Jonathan Waterlow: The jokes always saved us — humor in the time of Stalin
In a world of stifling conformity and endless fake news, even simple satirical barbs can serve as a profoundly personal assertion that ‘I joke, therefore I am.’
December 14, 2019 · Leave a comment
William J. Astore: The Slow-Motion Collapse of the American Empire
Jump into your time machine and let me transport you back to another age. It’s May 2001 and the Atlantic Monthly has just arrived in the mail. I’m tantalized by … Continue reading
June 12, 2017 · Leave a comment
