Monday Poem: We Don’t Call it a Riot
That summer was an oven on self-clean—beyond hot. The cops raided clubs for weeks.Huddled, frightened men and men and women and women and human and human heldat the end of
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That summer was an oven on self-clean—beyond hot. The cops raided clubs for weeks.Huddled, frightened men and men and women and women and human and human heldat the end of
From the MIT Press Reader: When Daniel Dennett’s essay collection “Brainstorms” was published in 1978, the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science was just emerging. Dennett was a young scholar who
by Steven L. Tuck at The Conversation: On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over 3 cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) in
Alice Park in Time: Lately, the biggest news in Alzheimer’s has been around a new drug treatment that can slow cognitive decline by nearly 30% among people in the early stages of
Continue readingChanging Your Diet and Lifestyle May Slow Down Alzheimer’s
What principles do we need to design a fair society? Here is political philosopher John Rawls’ classic thought experiment on redesigning society–the experiment considers a group of strangers who are
Continue readingPicture a Perfect Society. What Does it Look Like?
Joann Wypijewski in Sidecar: On 30 May, around cocktail time, a jury in New York criminal court found former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump guilty on all thirty-four counts
A traveler who had seen many countries, peoples and several of the earth’s continents was asked what attribute he had found in men everywhere. He said: “They have a propensity
Habib Khan, Quetta: When I moved to Karachi in February 1974 –to join NED Engineering College, I spent the initial weeks with my cousin Abdullah Khan, who was pursuing his
From ‘Sometime Somewhere’ circa 1977: –by Irshad Salim
by Images Staff: Stray animals are rounded up and killed en masse on a routine basis in Karachi to curb their population. Municipal laws allow authorities to either poison or
Continue reading‘Human Beings are Pure Evil’: Dog Thrown From Balcony in Karachi Sparks Outrage
Joseph Epstein in Commentary: More than two centuries earlier, Montaigne wrote at essay-length on the subject of solitude. “Now the aim of all solitude, I take it, is the same: to
Amitava Kumar at The Guardian: The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), led by India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has won more seats than the opposition alliance, and yet its victory tastes of
Continue readingThe Hidden Story Behind India’s Remarkable Election Results: Lethal Heat