Ideas Editor Walter Foley explores the conspiracy that brought down Gawker // Diana Lu on bowling together and the importance of “third spaces” // A recommendation for a tour of three gardens // Lauren Earline Leonard unveils the inner workings of freemasonry, the Masonic Temple, and the Society of the Woman in the Wilderness // Roberto Quezada-Dardon on the secrets that still haunt San Cristobal // An ode to thorns by Marianne Moore // Sarah Hartman-Caverly uncovers the perils of not-so-secret online sex in the era of AI // Courtney Hunter-Stangler on the intersection of mental health, confession, and religiosity // Rev. Christopher Micklewright explores why we confess, and whether sin can be systemic // Editor Heather Shayne Blakeslee on artist Peter Paone’s Brandywine Museum show that includes his “Ten Commandments” series // Criticism of the art degree and the downfall of UArts by Iona Clark // Interview with Rebecca Saylor Sacks // Notes on Jay Kirk’s memoir Avoid the Day //
