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Building a Better Peace

August 3-10, 2015

Vol. 213 / No. 3

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Books
Gerald F. UelmenJuly 21, 2015

'Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics,' by Marie Gottschalk

Books
David CollinsJuly 21, 2015

'Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism,' by Larry Siedentop

A WRETCH LIKE ME. Josh Young, center, with the cast of “Amazing Grace”
Theater

The story behind a beloved hymn

Poetry
Barbara BurgessJuly 21, 2015

 In this fine light the figurationsrise and dielike Attention and the senseand sensuous condition of paintand music God knows Degasknew the waltz of signs,the rhythms of cyan,the chant of the white lead, the Venetianred of The Rape,and the horses at Longchampswith their gorgeous rumpsposing for

The Word
John W. MartensJuly 21, 2015

As infants prior to the coming of speech we communicate with sounds gestures and facial expressions Long before we can speak to our mothers fathers or older siblings we fall in love with them It is a tactile love based upon the senses of touch hearing smelling and seeing What if this is h

The Word
John W. MartensJuly 21, 2015

You are what you eat There is some truth to this in the physical sense as the bloated Western diet can lead us to heart disease and obesity while more nutritious and moderate eating can lead to better health and more energy Yet every physical food in moderation can be transformed into necessar

Columns
Nathan SchneiderJuly 21, 2015

The subtitle of Pope Francis’ stunning new encyclical, “‘Laudato Si’, On Care for Our Common Home,” belies the preference of some that a pontiff not venture into economic matters—Jeb Bush, for instance. Etymologically, after all, economics is the discipline of man