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,”…