A visual history of a country’s love of columns. laphamsquarterly.org/democracy/maps…

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If you’re in Oakland on March 17, stop by Clio’s, a new bookstore directly inspired by Lapham’s Quarterly, for an event about the magazine’s past and future. eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-w…

Considering power before petroleum. laphamsquarterly.org/energy/maps/po…

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Will stories from these archives continue to emerge over the years and decades to come, like the hidden cities we find periodically from forgotten civilizations? laphamsquarterly.org/energy/along-b…

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“A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution. And a government ill executed, whatever it may be in theory, must be in practice a bad government.” laphamsquarterly.org/energy/executi…

What is human energy? laphamsquarterly.org/energy/what-hu…

In which Serge Voronoff gives his patients a boost. laphamsquarterly.org/energy/fountai…

J. Robert Oppenheimer predicts the future of atomic weapons. laphamsquarterly.org/energy/hit-bra…

Despite decades of development expanding what the documentary could do, the form didn’t significantly tackle the subject of climate change until the twenty-first century—not that there hadn’t been a smattering of attempts. laphamsquarterly.org/energy/truth-a…

Historical theories about geological energy. laphamsquarterly.org/energy/charts-…

Lewis H. Lapham on the thermodynamics of history. laphamsquarterly.org/energy/power-o…

“This kite is to be raised when a thunder-­gust appears to be coming on (which is very frequent in this country), and the person who holds the string must stand within a door or window or under some cover…” laphamsquarterly.org/node/12735

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“To burn always with this hard, gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.”
—Walter Pater, 1873
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