We’re away until January 3, but we’re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2017. Enjoy your holiday!The inquisitors wanted something old from each witch they tortured—a Sabbath orgy or blood oath or cat demon or wolf-faced baby or some ot…

On witches, Derrida, and the impossibility of ever being truly known. The inquisitors wanted something old from each witch they tortured—a Sabbath orgy or blood oath or cat demon or wolf-faced baby or some other verification of the stories they alr…