“We are more gullible and superstitious today than we were in the Middle Ages.” By Mike Lofgren...
Day: June 5, 2019
And what is a feuilleton? Introduction The complaint that technology and media have distorted our culture, politics,...
William James and the philosophy of pragmatism. “Be not afraid of life, believe that life is worth...
This article, Loos, Lewdness, and Literature: Tales from the Boghouse, was originally published in The Public Domain Review...
Introduction In the center of this image we see a finely-dressed Christopher Columbus with two soldiers. Columbus...
Witch hunts in the New World began in Virginia, though Virginia’s alleged witches were imprisoned rather than...
How Romans overcame their fear of witches by finding them funny. Introduction For centuries, when people thought...