The Denial File
What We Can't Think About—and Why
Run for Your Life
Kirby Farrell | April 24, 2013
Understanding the fascination of the marathon terror Why do terrorism and rampage killing exert such hypnotic fascination? Attacks on schoolchildren and marathon fans arouse “horror.” …
Beastly “Beauty”
Kirby Farrell | April 16, 2013
You wouldn’t think that aristocracy would be popular with freedom-loving American individualists. But these extremes are often in bed with each other. Fantasy exaggerates them …