The Best of Hazlitt
8 most popular Hazlitt articles, as voted by our community.
Essays, Literature, Opinions, & More. Read with us.
Hazlitt on Addiction
Hazlitt on History
The Big Coin Heist
It was a piece of currency so large it seemed unimaginable anyone would try to steal it. But that was part of the appeal.
Hazlitt on Sociology
The Legion Lonely
Over the past few decades, loneliness has reached almost epidemic levels, with men uniquely suffering its effects. How and why has isolation become such a threat?
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The World We're Losing
Ecological grief captures a newly defined set of emotions, all connected to our personal relationship to the natural world.
The Memory Weavers
Transforming craft into an act of protest against indifference is something women have done for centuries.
Sacrifice
An eccentric monk’s singular scrap cathedral reveals the chaos and genius of his mind.
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