Irshad Salim: On Baldness
“A Bald Man With Glasses Knows What He’s Doing” Irshad Salim, Karachi: I was reading…
Seymour Hersh: How the Pentagon Engineered a Fake War to Prevent a Real One
JIM W. DEAN intro at The Intel Drop: I had been hoping to see Sy…
Sunday Poem: Some Things Last
by Ahmad Almallah These windows, these panes, at the beginning of lightlooking where they look,…
Nicole Avant on Why She Forgave Her Mother’s Murderer
The former U.S. ambassador and daughter of the music industry’s ‘Black Godfather’ discusses grief, grace,…
Why Habits are the “Compound Interest” of Self-Improvement
Atomic Habits: The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 15 million copies sold! An Easy…
The Unfinished Business of Kennedy’s Vision for World Peace
Philip A. Goduti, Jr. in The Conversation: Less than a week after her husband’s assassination…
Should Children Have Smartphones?
Author Haidt: Social Media is Spreading Mental Illness New York Times Book Review: Social psychologist…
A Poem has Secrets that the Poet Knows Nothing Of
at Poetic Outlaws: Stanley Kunitz received numerous awards for his poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize…
Saturday Poem: Desperate Measures
there are so many ways to fallso many ways to crack down the middle andvanishso…
3 Types of Friends: Leaves, Branches, & Roots
Sahil Bloom at The Friday Five: Actor Tyler Perry—portraying his wise Madea alter ego—once shared…
Americans Have a Long History of Worrying About Declinism
By Joseph S. Nye Jr. at Time: As election year politics heat up, Donald Trump…
Guide to Reading Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations
At Daily Stoic: So many people struggle with and get frustrated by Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations…and…