Archive - Lingua Franca

March 2025

Old Left, New Left, No Left

C. Wright Mills in England

Mar 22 •

Israel, Gaza, and the Responsibility of Intellectuals

Student-bashing is a species of left-bashing

Mar 20 •

George Scialabba

On David Graeber's bottled lightning conversation

Mar 15 •

The Mismeasure of Misha

My son broke free from behavior modification. Why is it used on so many kids like him?

Mar 12 •

Autism’s Cult of Redemption

What I learned in the alt-medicine & anti-vaxxers movement

Mar 10 •

A syllabus on the youngest virtue

Mar 10 •

George Scialabba

James Agee, the Anarchist Sublime

The Collected Poetry of James Agee was published a few months ago, marking the sixth of a projected nine volumes of his writings.

Mar 9 •

Do the People Choose?

An episode in the history of mass communications research

Mar 9 •

What Were We Thinking?

Looking backwards at inequality from the 23rd century

Mar 8 •

George Scialabba

Are you a white supremacist?

Mar 7 •

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