Berfrois

Memory

The morality of rotten compromise

There is no mastering the past, argues Bernhard Schlink

Total recall and the irrelevancy of context, time, and distance

‘We are a yackety-yak people. We are quidnuncs, busybodies’

Video:

erasing memories of fear

Witch City chowder mug, “Greetings from Guantanamo Bay” postcards, DDR t-shirt: how souvenirs reshape history

Momentousness of Kristallnacht

Poem: Kentucky Derby by Andrea Cohen
Slideshow: ‘Defamatory’ Images Of Uzbekistan
Book excerpt: ‘Last Call’ by Daniel Okrent
Poem: The Lightkeeper by Carolyn Forché
Video: James Randi’s fiery takedown of psychic fraud
Book excerpt: ‘The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama’ by David Remnick