The tragic case study of Afghanistan before blowback. By Chris Lowry.

Recent studies showing that music may indeed be — neuroscientifically speaking — the world’s universal language. Interview with Charles Limb by Kayt Sukel.

T. S. Eliot said poetry of the past evolves as new generations of readers consume it. Looking around, how is the landscape—and our perceptions of it—shifting with time? By Ken Worpole and Jason Orton.

Join us in exploring a new little form of flash prose. Ten little pieces and an introduction by Marianne Rossant.

Merlyn Driver speaks to musician and performance artist Sara Zaltash about swimming to Bestival.

More complicated than your usual South American political battle? Absolutely yes, no and maybe. By James McEnteer.

A review of Alison Gopnick's new book, The Gardener and the Carpenter. By Juliet Waters, with an excerpt from the book.

In an ascending age of precarity, what happens when we delete 'dangerous memory'. By Henry A. Giroux.

A little film about a man's discovery of the world around him — and about breadwinning, home life and leaving an artistic legacy. With an interview with its creator by Herbert Wright.

A well-reasoned new project by the National Rifle Association helps stamp out alien plots and seditious foreign influences. Coming soon to a law-abiding community near you. By Fred Fiske.