Why Moral Progress Feels Annoying
Daniel Kelly at Aeon: It’s not that you don’t care about animal suffering. In other contexts, you actually care quite a bit – you would definitely do something if you
Hollywood Didn’t Know Exactly What to Do With Donald Sutherland – So They Did Everything With Him
Daryl Sparkes at The Conversation: I don’t think Hollywood knew what to do with Donald Sutherland, who has died at age 88. He was not your classically handsome A-list actor
Facts v. Values, Numbers v. Ideology: Which is More Important for a Healthy Democracy?
Osita Nwanevu and Oliver Traldi at Wisdom of Crowds: Dear Osita, You and I both like democracy, and we both want to push back against the theoretical challenges it’s faced
“If you Want to Respect the Rule of Law You’ve Got to Start From the Original Law Giver, Which Was Moses”
Liz Wolfe at Reason Roundup: “The Commandments do not confine themselves to arguably secular matters, such as honoring one’s parents, killing or murder, adultery, stealing, false witness, and covetousness,” wrote
Snake Plant
Shared by Arif Mirza, Toronto: NASA has classified Sansevieria–now called Snake plant–as an air purifier due to its ability to remove toxic compounds such as benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene and
Ancient Genomes Reveal Which Children the Maya Selected For Sacrifice
By Freda Kreier at The New York Times: In the spring of 1967, workers building a small airport behind Chichén Itzá, the ancient Maya city in Mexico, ran into a
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Whole Foods’ John Mackey: We Must Change How We Think About Capitalism
Nick Gillespie at Reason: Today’s guest is John Mackey, the co-founder and former CEO of Whole Foods, who just released his memoir, The Whole Story: Adventures in Love, Life, and
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Why I am a Jew
by David Winner at 3 Quarks Daily: Throughout most of my life, I periodically napped in the back sitting room of my parent’s house in Charlottesville, gazing at an enormous
A Conversation With My ‘They’
Dan Piraro at Bizarro: I successfully raised two children to adulthood who, until recently, I called my daughters. But in the past year, one of them has asked that I
Is Social Media the New Tobacco?
Andrew Ross Sorkin in The New York Times Newsletter: The U.S. surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, called for a warning label for social media platforms in a Times Guest Essay, advising
Why Couples Should Share Their Finances – to a Point
Bryan Keogh at The Conversation: My fiancée and I recently opened our first joint checking account. It was quite a milestone in our relationship, since both of us prize our
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Gut Bacteria Slip into the Eye
Rachael Gorman in The Scientist: The retina is layered with photoreceptors, a variety of other neurons, and protective and structural membranes, but retinal disorders can tamper with this delicate system. Mutations