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Death
David Mamet: Tom Stoppard and Me
The legendary playwright was a Holocaust survivor and an immigrant, but he wrote the most English and Anglophile of works.
November 30, 2025
David Mamet
Iryna Zarutska’s Killer Does Not Deserve to Die
The execution of the schizophrenic man who stabbed a Ukrainian refugee on a train would be an act of cruelty, not justice.
November 18, 2025
Sally Satel
The Chess World Just Lost Its Best Ambassador
Given Daniel Naroditsky’s sense of fair play, his decency, and his intellectual honesty, perhaps the chess world did not deserve him. But we got him…
October 22, 2025
Coleman Hughes
I’m a Mortician. I Love My Job.
I live in the middle ground, handling the bodies of the dead with enough grace to touch the souls of the living.
October 15, 2025
Victor M. Sweeney
Things Worth Remembering: Your Work Can Outlive You
The poet’s project is to connect with the kind of ancient beauty that has lasted for millennia, and will stay vital long after our own short lives have…
September 21, 2025
Spencer Klavan
Ancient Wisdom: How to Die Well
I believe death should not be seen only as an ending. It is a teacher, a mirror, a catalyst. It shapes how we live, and where we seek meaning.
August 31, 2025
Charlotte Grinberg
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