We Express Ourselves to Cure the World
The suppression of controversial ideas does not result in social justice, nor is it a constituent of freedom.
May 2015
Articles by Andrew Solomon: All Articles
May 2015
Why We’re Honoring Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo’s staff members knew that producing satire aimed at venerated targets was dangerous.
Apr 2015
Rejecting the Assassin’s Veto
Only a handful of people are willing to put themselves in peril to build a world in which we are all free to say what we believe.
Mar 2015
Nothing Facilitates Rebellion Better Than a Good Story
There is an arc of experience in which free expression informs the lives of those who enjoy it, in which literature is presumed capable of ameliorating evil.
Mar 2015
The Middle of Things
The deeper you look into other souls—and writing is primarily an exercise in doing just that—the clearer people’s inherent dignity becomes.
Jan 2015
Silence, Shouting & Slaughter
I wouldn't write if I didn't believe in the power of words for good, and if one accepts that capacity, one must also recognize their potential to inflict damage. Words break ...
Jan 2015
William in Exile
Both the melancholy and the exuberance of William Kentridge's work hinge on the impossibility of resolving most human problems.
Dec 2014
A Country Called Childhood, by Jay Griffiths
Her book is both... a quixotic slippage into wistfulness, and also an exegesis of freedom, a panegyric to heedless ways.
Dec 2014
Far from the Tree
Love is ideally present unconditionally throughout the relationship between a parent and a child. But acceptance is something that takes time.
Nov 2014
Assisted Suicide, Myanmar’s Moment and LGBTQ Rights
Committing both to effecting social change and to being fully honest entails entering a state of permanent internal conflict.
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