In France, the Far Left Is King
Quico Toro in Persuasion: For weeks, pundits have been speculating that France’s snap legislative election could blow up in President Emmanuel Macron’s face—and boy did it. Only it’s blown up
What Should an Old Man Read?
by Nils Peterson at 3 Quarks Daily: I have finally come to understand that I cannot read everything. There aren’t enough years left. So, what should I read? The question
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 its first McDonald’s. There was once something called the Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention.
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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 house and moved to Costa Rica for eight months. During our time in Costa Rica,
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The Unknown Toll Of The AI Takeover
Lois Parshley at The Lever: In early May, Google announced it would be adding artificial intelligence to its search engine. When the new feature rolled out, AI Overviews began offering summaries to
The Scientific Origins of Racism
by Jacob Zellmer at Aeon: Imagine for a moment that tomorrow we find humans on another planet. It’s an unlikely scenario to be sure, but you can imagine the theories
Quotable Quote: ‘Wickedness’ and ‘Stupidity’
Shared by Ishaq Saqi, ISB: “Both wickedness and stupidity walk the street more confidently when decently dressed.” “Where human beings are concerned, good men and good women are by no
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Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at 200
Ted Olson in The Conversation: In early 1824, 30 members of Vienna’s music community sent a letter to Ludwig van Beethoven petitioning the great composer to reconsider his plans to
Breaking Free from the Cultural Neurosis
By Dr. Alexander Lowen at Poetic Outlaws: We want to be more alive and feel more, but we are afraid of it. Our fear of life is seen in the
The Kennedys And The Women They Destroyed
Louis Bayard at The NY Times: In the opening sentence of her rage-swollen “Ask Not,” Maureen Callahan declares that her book “is not ideological or partisan.” It is, of course,
Murder in Hollywood
In 1973, Cynthia Bouron, a notorious Hollywood hanger-on who alleged that Cary Grant fathered her child, was found dead. Why has the case remained unsolved? By Hadley Meares at Air
Does Embracing Local Customs Help Immigrants Feel at Home?
by Ljiljana Radenović at Psyche: On 28 August 1999, I landed in Toronto, Canada, from Belgrade and the war-torn Yugoslavia. I came for graduate studies in philosophy but was eager
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