Author: DPstaff
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…
12 Republican Senators Letter to ICC Prosecutor Over Possible Netanyahu Arrest Warrants
by Team Zeteo and Mehdi Hasan: A group of influential Republican senators has sent a…
Is International Law Falling Apart?
Chas Newkey-Burden at The Week: The ICC – not to be confused with the International…
Poetic Expression: Apples n Oranges
Majority left, West Pakistan Pakistan.Cabal saved, lands freed, businesses nationalizedPolitics monetized, economy amortized. Dreamers became…
Indian Court Painting and an Eclipse
Morgan Meis at Slant Books: I happened to be in New York City a few…
Why Science Needs Metaphor
Tasneem Zehra Husain in New Humanist: If science has a native tongue, it is mathematics. Equations…
How a NASA Probe Solved a Scorching Solar Mystery
Thomas Zurbuchen in Quanta: Our sun is the best-observed star in the entire universe. We…
Monday Poem: Restricted Fragile Materials
It should be easy, I tell my son,to dispose of the possessions keptin these rooms….
What is More Important for a Democracy: Elections or Rights?
Samuel Moyn, a law professor at Yale University, prefers voters to judges Damir Marusic and…