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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
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
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
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
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
Continue readingAncient Genomes Reveal Which Children the Maya Selected For Sacrifice
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
Continue readingWhole Foods’ John Mackey: We Must Change How We Think About Capitalism
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
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
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
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
Continue readingWhy Couples Should Share Their Finances – to a Point
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
Eric Hoel at The Intrinsic Perspective: Imagine that in every business school students were told, in all seriousness, that they were in training for being a billionaire. Imagine it was
Continue readingMaking a Living by Writing is as Rare as Being a Billionaire