Author: DPstaff

Beating Slow Horses

Brad East in The Hedgehog Review: The conceit at the heart of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses novels is…

The Israel-India Worker Deal Resembles British Indenture

Michelle Buckley, Paula Chakravartty in Boston Review: In December, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received…

Decarbonization is the Most Critical Response to Climate Change–But is it Enough?

McKinsey research shows that carbon dioxide removal, or CDR, could play a vital role in…

Debate: Should the U.S. Ban TikTok?

by Isaac Grafstein at The Free Press: What, if anything, should we do about TikTok?…

Monday Poem: Terra Incognita by D.H. Lawrence

There are vast realms of consciousness still undreamed ofvast ranges of experience, like the humming…

Black and White Photography Isn’t Old School For Same Old Stories

B&W photography goes back to the fundamentals of what photography has always been. Take color…

Lord Byron Was Hard to Pin Down. That’s What Made Him Great.

Benjamin Markovits at the New York Times: This week is the 200th anniversary of Lord…

Habib Khan: There is No Free Lunch

Engr. Habib Khan from Quetta: This story is from a “walknic,” which of course is…

A Beginner’s Guide to a Joyful Persian Tradition of Spring Renewal and Rebirth

Directed by Naghmeh Pour & produced by Sara Samsøe Moghaddas at Aeon: Coinciding with the…

Irshad Salim: On Baldness

“A Bald Man With Glasses Knows What He’s Doing” Irshad Salim, Karachi: I was reading…

Seymour Hersh: How the Pentagon Engineered a Fake War to Prevent a Real One

JIM W. DEAN intro at The Intel Drop: I had been hoping to see Sy…

Sunday Poem: Some Things Last

by Ahmad Almallah These windows, these panes, at the beginning of lightlooking where they look,…