Author: DPstaff
My Word of the Year: Hostages
By Anatoly Liberman at OUP: The Hebrew word “hostages” can be translated into English as…
‘A Majority of Democratic Voters Believe Israel Is Committing Genocide’
Mehdi Hasan at Zeteo: Despite President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s impassioned…
Looking For the American Dream. In Russia.
By Peter Savodnik in The Free Press: It was probably January 2023 when Joseph Rose,…
For a Dollar, For a Battle
by John Allen Paulos at 3 Quarks Daily: An abstract paradox discussed by Yale economist…
Wednesday Poem: Images of Africa at Century’s End
By Ama Ata Aidoo @ Poetry Foundation: Who was it saidthe reason whyyou never seeBlack…
How to Co-Write a Book 3,000 Miles Apart
By Rosemarie Bodenheimer (RB) & Philip Davis (PD) at OUP Blog: RB lives outside Boston…
Things I’m Doing at 44 to Avoid Regret When I’m 74
By Dan Go at The High Performance Journal: I’m removing most processed sugars and ultra-processed…
The Big Questions Hanging Over Blackstone’s Flagship Real Estate Fund
While Blackstone discloses how it determines the final valuation, some on Wall Street have questioned…
Why Did Our Ancestors Make Startling Art in Dark, Firelit Caves?
‘Why do you think they drew these stags here?’ Eduardo Palacio-Pérez, the conservator of the…
The Game of Chicken Between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
“Since then, we’ve gotten out of the habit” Benjamin Parker at The Bulwark: Escalation management…
Tuesday Poem: Too Many Names
By Pablo Neruda: Mondays are meshed with Tuesdaysand the whole week with the whole year.Time…