Friday Poem: ‘Enigmas’ by Pablo Neruda
You asked me what the lobster is weaving there with his…. golden feet?I reply, the ocean knows this.You say, what is the ascidia waiting for in its transparent bell?…. What
The Institute of Illegal Images
Erik Davis at The Paris Review: The Institute of Illegal Images (III) is housed in a dilapidated shotgun Victorian in San Francisco’s Mission District, which also happens to be the
Mounting Research Shows That COVID-19 Leaves its Mark on the Brain, Including With Significant Drops in IQ Scores
Ziyad Al-Aly in The Conversation: From the very early days of the pandemic, brain fog emerged as a significant health condition that many experience after COVID-19. Brain fog is a colloquial term that
The Mysteries and Quirks of Human Memory
Erica Goode in Undark: AUTHORS DON’T GET to choose what’s going on in the world when their books are published. More than a few luckless writers ended up with a publication
How the World Made the West
Steven Poole at The Guardian: “Western civilisation” would not exist without its Islamic, African, Indian and Chinese influences. To understand why, Quinn takes us back in time, beginning at the
AI Could Actually Help Rebuild The Middle Class
David Autor in Noema Magazine: In a recent interview with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Elon Musk proclaimed artificial intelligence to be “the most disruptive force in history,” and noted that “there
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About The New Disability Media
By Faye Ginsburg and B. Ruby Rich at Film Quarterly Dossier: This dossier has been inspired by an unprecedented and exciting surge in New Disability Media, a movement in which
Thursday Poem: Exit Strategy
Tell me there is a way to believe it all,an exit strategy with groggy murmursof nothing but rest and a quiet universe. All I can think of is my child,
If Businesses Don’t Serve Customers Well, They Go Out of Business. Government, on the Other Hand, is a Monopoly.
John Stossel at Reason: In my new video, economist Ed Stringham argues that no government can ever work well, because “even the best person can’t implement change….The massive bureaucracy gets
Random Thoughts: A Ride in NJ
Irshad Salim, Karachi: A Pakistani neighbor of mine migrated (leap of faith) from Lahore to Dammam to NJ. He used to do construction & maintenance contracts in KSA, he told
From Rags to Riches, or the Multifaceted Progress of Lady
By Anatoly Liberman at OUP Blog: Every English dictionary with even minimal information on word origins, will tell us that lord and lady are so-called disguised compounds. Unlike skyline or
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What is Stoicism
Stoicism teaches the development of self-control as a means of overcoming destructive emotions; the philosophy holds that becoming a clear and unbiased thinker allows one to understand the universal reason.