A New York Times report exposes what Joe Biden is like behind the scenes—and how the concerns are not just about one debate performance.

Want to talk about Joe Biden’s memory? OK, let’s watch this clip of Donald Trump first.

How the cataclysms of the past loomed over Sebald’s life and haunted his fiction

A new film from the director of ‘The Lives of Others’ strives for epic effect as it traces an artist’s development through the twentieth century.

Do our memorials to the dead do more harm than good?

A photojournalist’s undeveloped film becomes a window to a lost world.

The most troubling lesson from UVA, Ferguson, and Serial

Clenching your fists helps you remember ... or does it?

Why we derive special pleasure from the act of remembering the past.

We know we can depend on Google for information, so we don't bother remembering it

Why we can't stop writing about what we can't remember

Here's why he can't