Magazine Issue

March 31, 2020

Naked lunch
Magazine - Life & Arts

Naked lunch

In 1938, a psychologist named Gregory Razran used the scientific method to prove something we all knew was true anyway. Scientists love to do that. Here’s what…

Rob Long
Goat, Afghan style
Magazine - Life & Arts

Goat, Afghan style

During the coronavirus crisis, a trip to the grocery store can feel like a tense patrol through hostile territory, and with empty store shelves, it can be…

Trent Reedy
Worlds’ end
Magazine - Life & Arts

Worlds’ end

“To all the distressed readers in my mentions: we’re in agreement that it just wasn’t a great week to start reading Station Eleven, and I don’t like…

Seth Mandel
Betty Williams, 1943-2020
Magazine - Obituary

Betty Williams, 1943-2020

A little more than two decades have passed since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement largely ended “the Troubles,” three decades of political and sectarian violence over the…

Philip Terzian