Some of the Most Expensive Paintings in the World
Art is one of the most secure assets a person can buy. It rarely depreciates,…
Friday Poem: The Imprisoned Parrot –by Shehnaz Somjee
The Imprisoned Parrot It pecked at the metallic barswhose cruel gleam was tantalizing.It uttered a…
‘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…
A Display of Faceless Portraits in Venice
Kin Woo at The New York Times: For over a decade now, the Polish painter…
“Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States”
Nicholas Gordan with the author John Zubrzycki: Post-independence India had a big problem–about 40% of…
Is it Time to End Arms Sales to Israel?
Today’s Big Question from The Week: America’s longtime military support for Israel is suddenly in…
Thursday Poem: The Old Stove
I hope the sun won’t ever burn out.Some things seem to last forever.Our old stove…
Editorial Cartoons on GAZA War
Editorial cartoons on war in Gaza from news organizations. Here are six of them selected…
Why Americans Love to Hate Harvard
Derek Bok in Harvard Magazine: IN DECEMBER, the presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT were summoned…