US History
There is a peculiar species of political tragedy that does not fit comfortably within the categories American culture generally makes available for understanding defeat. We have the tragic hero brought down by a single fatal flaw, the Shakespearean model, and we have the good man destroyed by circumstance, the model
US History
The aspect of the Prometheus myth that tends to receive the least attention in casual reference to it is also the aspect that matters most. We remember Prometheus as the rebel, the martyr, the figure chained to the rock while the eagle comes each day to devour his liver, and
Paris
There is a certain kind of observer, present in every age, who moves through the world not as a detached spectator but as a deeply invested participant; someone who watches, considers, and, when the moment seems to call for it, ventures a thought on the state of things. The French