Author: DPstaff
The Enduring Pain of Postcolonial Trauma
Farah Abdessamad at Aeon: In 1952, the 27-year-old Frantz Fanon had just published his first…
The Case For Multiparty Democracy
by Jerry Cayford: It’s a book about how our political system fell into this downward…
Tuesday Poem: Against the Solar Eclipse
by Alejandro Escudé: It’s a black swath that cuts acrossA part of the country that’s…
Philosophy is an Art
Peter West at Aeon: Philosophical theories are much more like good stories than scientific explanations.’…
East vs West: Unveiling Differences & Exploring Life, Philosophy & Poetry
Conversation: Host Naeem Sikandar discusses with @khurramellahiofficial some very interesting topics. Khurram Ellahi is a…
“I Watched 15 Hours of COVID Origins Arguments So You Don’t Have to”
Scott Alexander at Astral Codex Ten: Saar Wilf is an ex-Israeli entrepreneur. Since 2016, he’s…
Can Certain Foods Really Stave Off Dementia?
Amelia Nierenberg in The New York Times: Walnuts can improve cognitive function. Blueberries can boost memory. Fish oil…
Viruses Finally Reveal Their Complex Social Life
Carl Zimmer in Quanta: Ever since viruses came to light in the late 1800s, scientists…
Let’s Say Someone Did Drop the Bomb. Then What?
That’s the cold-sweat-inducing premise of the two books, Annie Jacobsen’s “Nuclear War” and Sarah Scoles’s…
Monday Poem: Death is Smoking My Cigars
by Charles Bukowski at Poetic Outlaws You know: I’m drunk once againherelistening to Tchaikovskyon the…
Sea and Earth
‘Swaying between atomic and spiritual disintegration.’ Miri Davidson in Sidecar: The far right wants to…
Gaza and the Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
Rashid Khalidi in The Guardian: For people everywhere, myself included, the awful images that have…