Magazine Issue

November 17, 2020

Martin ubermensch
Magazine - Life & Arts

Martin ubermensch

Jack London’s 1909 novel Martin Eden tells the story of a working-class Oakland sailor, based in large part on London himself, who embarks on a journey of…

Park MacDougald
Survey says … Fix polling
Magazine - Features

Survey says … Fix polling

The original sin of American polling came in 1936, when Literary Digest surveyed its readership and declared that Alf Landon would likely be the next president. Landon…

Kristen Soltis Anderson