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Benjamin Franklin
June 1, 2021
Alexander Zaitchik
Long, Strange TRIPS: The Grubby History of How Vaccines Became Intellectual Property
Not long ago, life-saving medical know-how was viewed as belonging to everyone. What happened?
January 25, 2021
William Hogeland
Against the Consensus Approach to History
How not to learn about the American past
August 24, 2020
Alexander Zaitchik
How to Break a Big Pharma Monopoly on a Covid-19 Vaccine
The race for a cure has put a spotlight on corporate control over medical research. Under a Democratic administration, it doesn’t have to be that way.
July 2, 2020
George Blaustein
Searching for Consolation in Max Weber’s Work Ethic
The German sociologist’s famous treatise on capitalism takes on new meaning amid a job-destroying pandemic.
June 16, 2020
MagazineJason Linkins
Don’t Just Save the Postal Service. Reinvent It.
The USPS could be the government at its best, if politicians gave it a chance.
March 26, 2018
Alexandra Molotkow
The Power of the Advice Columnist
From Benjamin Franklin to Quora, how advice has shaped Americans’ behavior and expectations of the world.
July 3, 2017
Matthew C. Simpson
Benjamin Franklin and His Son, Divided by Independence
A new dual biography tells how the American Revolution drove the Franklins apart.
October 20, 2013
Darrin M. McMahon
How the French Revolution Gave Us the Cult of Genius
January 12, 2011
Leon Wieseltier
Excellent New Art
February 26, 2010
Damon Linker
Taking Exception
January 13, 2010
Lydia DePillis
Meet the New GOP Centrists
December 25, 2009
Anthony T. Grafton
Kindled
April 23, 2008
Chris Mooney
Hard Science
May 8, 2006
Alan Wolfe
Getting In
January 1, 1962
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
The War Between Adams and Hamilton
March 11, 1931
Kenneth White
The Puritan Tradition

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