Wednesday Poem: Night, the Poem
If you find your true voice, bring it tothe land of the dead. There is kindnessin the ashes. And terror in non-identity.A little girl lost in a ruined house,this fortress
Why I am a Jew
by David Winner at 3 Quarks Daily: Throughout most of my life, I periodically napped in the back sitting room of my parent’s house in Charlottesville, gazing at an enormous
Susannah’s Grandad Ran Bengal When Famine Killed Millions
Kavita Puri at the BBC: “I feel enormous shame about what happened,” Susannah Herbert tells me. Her grandfather was the governor of Bengal, in British India, during the run-up and
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A Conversation With My ‘They’
Dan Piraro at Bizarro: I successfully raised two children to adulthood who, until recently, I called my daughters. But in the past year, one of them has asked that I
Is Social Media the New Tobacco?
Andrew Ross Sorkin in The New York Times Newsletter: The U.S. surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, called for a warning label for social media platforms in a Times Guest Essay, advising
Tuesday Poem: Light Can You Hear
Light can you die?We do when our wings touch you.Our ancestors, forefathers diedFathers also die touching you.We will too but can youlight? Can you sing, we can…Our songs enkindle usnear
Zeteo: The U.S. President is Pulling Out All the Stops to Get a Deal With Saudi Arabia
by Spencer Ackerman at Zeteo: There are unforced errors. There are mistakes we can see coming in advance. And then there’s President Joe Biden aggressively pursuing a deal with Saudi
Why Couples Should Share Their Finances – to a Point
Bryan Keogh at The Conversation: My fiancée and I recently opened our first joint checking account. It was quite a milestone in our relationship, since both of us prize our
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Market Ideologies
Author Oscar Sanchez-Sibony shares his views with the Phenomenal World: The Soviet Union’s construction of pipelines across Western Europe granted the superpower access to European markets—and capital. In his new
Monday Poem: How to Be a Poet
By: Wendell Berry (to remind myself) i Make a place to sit down.Sit down. Be quiet.You must depend uponaffection, reading, knowledge,skill—more of eachthan you have—inspiration,work, growing older, patience,for patience joins
Gut Bacteria Slip into the Eye
Rachael Gorman in The Scientist: The retina is layered with photoreceptors, a variety of other neurons, and protective and structural membranes, but retinal disorders can tamper with this delicate system. Mutations
Death of a Tradition
Habib Khan, Quetta: The renowned Balochi writer Munir Badini, in his book titled “Shal ae gulen bazar” vividly describes the beauty of Quetta’s bazaar in the 1960s and the 70s.