Archive
A complete collection of every issue of The Human Cut, presented in chronological order.
Issue One
Enduring Questions
Summer 2026 • 4 Essays
A collection exploring responsibility, suffering, mortality, and the search for meaning through film and art.
Included Essays
• The Portrait of Winston Churchill (1954)
Meeting the End with Dignity
• Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Cars, Loneliness, and the Search for Meaning
• The Exorcist (1973)
The People Who Stay
• A Christmas Memory (1954)
Friendship, Wonder, and Love Beyond Time
Issue Two
Enduring Questions
Fall 2026 • 5 Essays
A collection exploring how human beings respond to suffering, injustice, moral responsibility, violence, and the need for companionship through literature, film, journalism, painting, and music.
Included Essays
• Job
The Journey Toward Wisdom
• The Harvest Gypsies (1936)
Restoring Dignity and Recognizing the Essential Worker
• Schindler’s List (1993)
The Individual’s Responsibility Within Systemic Evil
• The Third of May 1808 (1814)
The Light That Remembers
• Quartet for the End of Time (1941)
The Voices That Remain