Category: Lifestyle

In France, the Far Left Is King

Quico Toro in Persuasion: For weeks, pundits have been speculating that France’s snap legislative election…

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…

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…

Quotable Quote: ‘Wickedness’ and ‘Stupidity’

Shared by Ishaq Saqi, ISB: “Both wickedness and stupidity walk the street more confidently when…

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at 200

Ted Olson in The Conversation: In early 1824, 30 members of Vienna’s music community sent…

Breaking Free from the Cultural Neurosis

By Dr. Alexander Lowen at Poetic Outlaws: We want to be more alive and feel…

The Kennedys And The Women They Destroyed

Louis Bayard at The NY Times: In the opening sentence of her rage-swollen “Ask Not,”…

Murder in Hollywood

In 1973, Cynthia Bouron, a notorious Hollywood hanger-on who alleged that Cary Grant fathered her…

Does Embracing Local Customs Help Immigrants Feel at Home?

by Ljiljana Radenović at Psyche: On 28 August 1999, I landed in Toronto, Canada, from…