Category: Opinion
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.’…
East vs West: Unveiling Differences & Exploring Life, Philosophy & Poetry
Conversation: Host Naeem Sikandar discusses with @khurramellahiofficial some very interesting topics. Khurram Ellahi is a…
“I Watched 15 Hours of COVID Origins Arguments So You Don’t Have to”
Scott Alexander at Astral Codex Ten: Saar Wilf is an ex-Israeli entrepreneur. Since 2016, he’s…
Let’s Say Someone Did Drop the Bomb. Then What?
That’s the cold-sweat-inducing premise of the two books, Annie Jacobsen’s “Nuclear War” and Sarah Scoles’s…
Sea and Earth
‘Swaying between atomic and spiritual disintegration.’ Miri Davidson in Sidecar: The far right wants to…
It was Like ‘The Twilight Zone,’ But With O.J., it Was All Too Real
Rick Cleveland at Mississippi Today: No telling how many times this sports writer has made…
Governing the Ungovernable
Jess Bidgood at The New York Times: When members of Congress return to Washington from…
‘Patriot’: Posthumous Memoir By Aleksei Navalny, the Russian Opp. Leader
The NY Times writes: Aleksei Navalny’s memoir, written during the years leading up to his…
Reassembling Pakistan
Khurram Hussain at Dawn: MUCH has been said about “reimagining Pakistan” but it is important…
Is Techno-Monopoly Inevitable?
William H. Janeway at Project Syndicate: The detective in a typical British crime procedural would…