Category: Opinion

How to Disagree Without Compromise

A Podcast at Wisdom of Crowds: Many attempts have been made to deal with polarization….

Whoever Wants World Peace Should Shun War Economy, and War Trade

by Chinese writer Chua Qinling published in March 2023: The biggest threat to the United…

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Mark Manson, the #1 NY Times Bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving…

Annie Jacobsen: ‘What if We Had a Nuclear War?’

Annie Jacobsen in New Scientist: As an investigative journalist, I write about war, weapons, national…

Traveling At The Speed Of The Soul

Nick Hunt in Noema: Returning home after being away for any length of time is strange….

Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Black Man

Henry Louis Gates, Jr at The New Yorker (from 1995): The two weeks spanning the…

War: An Opportunity for Spending?

Liz Wolfe at Reason: Republicans confirmed yesterday that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R–La.) plans to attempt to…

The New World (Dis)order

Irshad Salim, Karachi: Back in the summer of 2020, I drew an illustration on a…

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Nukes?

by Ashutosh Jogalekar: As the saying goes, if you believe only fascists guard borders, then…

The Enduring Pain of Postcolonial Trauma

Farah Abdessamad at Aeon: In 1952, the 27-year-old Frantz Fanon had just published his first…

The Case For Multiparty Democracy

by Jerry Cayford: It’s a book about how our political system fell into this downward…

Philosophy is an Art

Peter West at Aeon: Philosophical theories are much more like good stories than scientific explanations.’…