Tuesday Poem: Going to Africa
“I am not the prodigal son,” I saidto my mother who had cometo take me…
How Did America Become a Credit Card Nation?
Sean H Vanatta at Aeon/Psyche: The American economy has always relied on household borrowing. Since…
Lament for the Declining Art of Editing
Damon Linker at Notes From the Middleground: Journalists have a name for an article written…
Daniel Dennett, a Deep Thinker About What it is to Be Human. R.I.P.
The world has sadly just lost one of its most provocative and inspirational thinkers and…
Beating Slow Horses
Brad East in The Hedgehog Review: The conceit at the heart of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses novels is…
The Israel-India Worker Deal Resembles British Indenture
Michelle Buckley, Paula Chakravartty in Boston Review: In December, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received…
Decarbonization is the Most Critical Response to Climate Change–But is it Enough?
McKinsey research shows that carbon dioxide removal, or CDR, could play a vital role in…
Debate: Should the U.S. Ban TikTok?
by Isaac Grafstein at The Free Press: What, if anything, should we do about TikTok?…
Monday Poem: Terra Incognita by D.H. Lawrence
There are vast realms of consciousness still undreamed ofvast ranges of experience, like the humming…
Black and White Photography Isn’t Old School For Same Old Stories
B&W photography goes back to the fundamentals of what photography has always been. Take color…
Lord Byron Was Hard to Pin Down. That’s What Made Him Great.
Benjamin Markovits at the New York Times: This week is the 200th anniversary of Lord…
Habib Khan: There is No Free Lunch
Engr. Habib Khan from Quetta: This story is from a “walknic,” which of course is…