Behind the New Iron Curtain
Caviar, counterculture, and the cult of Stalin reborn Marzio G. Mian at Harper’s Magazine: Russia…
War, Peace And The Return Of History In 2023
Adam Tooze writes in Chartbook: In 2023 the escalation of violence around the world was…
The Free-Speech Debate Is a Trap
Andrea Long Chu in New York Magazine: Last week, I was meant to deliver a…
Top 10 Emojis of 2023: What Do They Share in Common?
Shaking face and the hearts in shades of pink, grey, and blue are most well-liked…
Fragmenting Global Order: Build Geopolitical Resilience
A world connected and fragmenting “Geopolitical risk is at the top…the global order today is…
Not Just an Object: Decolonizing Southasian Art in Berlin
A small, intricately carved ivory box from Sri Lanka was one of the highlights of…
The One Rule for Life
written by MARK MANSON Depending on your perspective, Immanuel Kant was either the most boring…
SIFC: What is it? Pragmatism?
By ONLOOKER: On January 3rd (tomorrow), a meeting of the Apex Committee of SIFC has…
The Future of the Welfare State as Collective Insurance Against Uninsurable Risks
Renewal Editors’ note:Analysis of the welfare state tends to assume that welfare-related institutions andpractices develop…
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
by JAMES CLEAR in The New York Times (NYT): The economist J.K. Galbraith once wrote, “Faced…
An Excerpt From ‘Scent of a Woman’ (Video)
Shared by Hamza, an officer and a gentleman: An American movie released on this day;…
What are Farm Animals Thinking?
David Grimm in Science: You’d never mistake a goat for a dog, but on an…