Lincoln’s personal and political conflicts over slavery and emancipation illuminate UChicago philosopher Jonathan Lear’s understanding of irony.

What will you be eating 23 years from now?

Illustrator Mark McMahon, a longtime contributor to the Magazine, roamed Chicago during the NATO summit and sent us some sketches in progress, along with his notes.

During the Cultural Revolution in China, my father was declared a traitor, and my mother was imprisoned by the Red Guards and repeatedly coerced to divorce him.

Harris School of Public Policy Studies dean Colm O’Muircheartaigh discusses recent appointments of high-profile political partisans.

A Center for International Studies talk tackles hunger in the United States.

Seth Zurer, the cofounder of Chicago’s Baconfest, answers a few questions about his favorite meaty treat.

Tech writer and law student Julian Dibbell tackles the problem of virtual property.

The Supreme Court justice returns to the Law School and makes his opinions heard.