Author: DPstaff
Saturday Poem: Older Love
His wife has asthmaso he only smokes outdoorsor late at night with headand shoulders well…
How Harlem Saw Itself
Clifford Thompson at Commonweal: “For generations in the mind of America, the Negro has been…
Gaza War and Students Protests: Perspectives on the Conflagration
The Ideas Letter: The war in Gaza has inspired powerful protest, unyielding contestation, and claims…
Columbia 1968 & 2024: The Suffering Behind the Protests
Tom Barson in Wisdom of Crowds: I’ve only witnessed one pitched battle in person, and…
Friday Poem: Graduation
Tim Suermondt: “The day after a February snow storm the sun came out, and I…
Quantum Computers Can Now Run Powerful AI That Works like the Brain
Rahul Rao in Scientific American: Few computer science breakthroughs have done so much in so…
Women in the Ancient World
Literary Review May 2024 Issue: Women are everywhere in classical literature and mythology, but the…
Why is Incompetent Leadership Rewarded?
Hot air rises—and so, unfortunately, do many of the aspiring leaders who spout it. Why…
Movie Mistakes, Alternative Ending & Facts About “Pretty Woman”
“Pretty Woman” is essentially the grown-up version of Cinderella, and it’s one of the most…
Plastic is Climate Change in a Bottle
Plastic Pollution and Climate Change Have Common Culprits – and Similar Solutions Nearly 200 countries…
Thursday Poem: The Association of Man and Women
Whatever badness there wassometimeswas not of us,but between us. Because there was goodness,which felt like…
Why Do Immigrants Not Want American Citizenship?
Martin Mroz at Quora: There are a number of serious consequences of obtaining US citizenship…