Author: DPstaff
What Should an Old Man Read?
by Nils Peterson at 3 Quarks Daily: I have finally come to understand that I…
What Does McDonald’s Mean? Reflections After a Trip to So. America
by Santiago Ramos at Wisdom of Crowds: Something happens to a country when it gets…
How To Train Like A Minimalist (More Results In Less Time)
by Dan Go at The High Performance Journal: Back in 2020, my family sold our…
Lina Khan: Extraction Exterminator
From The American Prospect (TAP): In March, President Biden established a Strike Force on Unfair…
The Unknown Toll Of The AI Takeover
Lois Parshley at The Lever: In early May, Google announced it would be adding artificial…
The Scientific Origins of Racism
by Jacob Zellmer at Aeon: Imagine for a moment that tomorrow we find humans on…
Kings, Laws, and God
From Wisdom of Crowds: On July 1, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the case…
Quotable Quote: ‘Wickedness’ and ‘Stupidity’
Shared by Ishaq Saqi, ISB: “Both wickedness and stupidity walk the street more confidently when…
Is Harvard Antisemitic?
Max Krupnick in Harvard Magazine: WHEN HAMAS TERRORISTS attacked Israel last October 7, they unleashed death and…
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at 200
Ted Olson in The Conversation: In early 1824, 30 members of Vienna’s music community sent…
Monday Poem: Ghazal For Grandmother
My grandmother kept a suitcase, hard & roundedlike a deep pink shell. I used to…
The Kennedys And The Women They Destroyed
Louis Bayard at The NY Times: In the opening sentence of her rage-swollen “Ask Not,”…