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What the Law Supposes

I am not a judge, but the principles that apply to judicial and arbitral decision making are essentially the same.

Gandhi on 7 Social Sins, and a Manto Quote

Gandhi published the list in 1925. He also gave the list to his grandson, Arun Gandhi, on a piece of paper before his assassination.

Europe Can’t ‘Trump-Proof’ Itself

European foreign policy experts are reviving ideas about strategic autonomy from 2016. They fail to understand how much has changed in the last eight years.

The History Lesson Democrats Can’t Afford to Forget

Forty years ago the party was in the political wilderness. Then a band of centrist insurgents took on the left wing—and got Clinton in the White House.

Social Democracy, Immigration and the Working Class

Ahmari grapples with Sunkara’s argument that social democracy lost worker support by prioritizing capital interests…

Krishnamurti: One Has to be an Outsider to Society

“There is no leader, there is no teacher, there is nobody to tell you what to do. You are alone in this mad brutal world.”

Pity the Nation: Two Poems

Shared by Serene Elhashimi  on Facebook: In 2007, Lawrence Ferlinghetti wrote the poem “Pity the…

Thursday Poem: The Devil’s Whisper

Whispers in darkness, soft and coldLures the innocent, young and oldA skeleton’s grasp, a cigarette’s…

What Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks Can Teach Us About Creativity

by Tracy Caldor in Cupoty Newsletter: Back in the 1980s I borrowed a Fighting Fantasy…

Genome of Neanderthal Fossil Reveals Lost Tribe Cut Off For Millennia

Alison George in New Scientist: Genetic analysis of a Neanderthal fossil found in France reveals…

Thursday Poem: In Reply

Tell me, Rock, do you thinkmy mother misses feeling gravity’s sly tugas she lifted her…

Whispers of the Dragon

by Eleni Petrakou at 3 Quarks Daily: During this Chinese New Year celebrations, this columnist…