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Henry Wismayer at Noema: This month marks 100 years since Mallory’s last dance with the sublime. Debate persists over whether a 1920s climber in hobnail boots, even a phenom like
Continue reading“Because It’s There”: The Unending Allure Of High Mountains
If the water were clear enough,if the water were still,but the water is not clear,the water is not still,you would see yourself,slipped out of your skin,nosing upstream,slapping, thrashing,tumblingover the rockstill
by Andrew Sullivan at The Weekly Dish: Not so long ago, as many of us reeled from the political earthquakes of Brexit and Trump, it seemed sensible for responsible mainstream
Continue readingThe US, UK, EU and Canada Went Far Left on Immigration — and are Paying the Price
Clowns celebrate The Day of the Peruvian Clown in Lima, Peru Children play on a sunken ship in Basra, Iraq A volcano spews lava in Grindavik, Iceland A vendor carries
Kalpana Jain at The Conversation: Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, claimed victory after his political alliance scored a slim majority in India’s recently concluded parliamentary elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party,
Continue readingElections – Ultimately, it’s the Price of Potatoes That Matters
Cameron Hudson in Persuasion: History is repeating itself in Sudan. Tensions between rival security factions, which spilled out last April into open conflict, have rapidly created the world’s largest displacement
Altrusim is considered the desire to uphold a moral code. It may be akin to selflessness, the opposite of selfishness. It is the principle and practice of concern for the
If I had just a little bit of wisdomI should walk the Great Path and fear only straying from…… it.Though the way is quite broadPeople love shortcuts. The court is
Continue readingFriday Poem: If I Had Just a Little Bit of Wisdom
By Heather Green on Tristan Tzara: Survival and “Speaking Alone” at Poetry Foundation: “Speaking Alone” is a translation of the title poem from Tristan Tzara’s French poetry collection, Parler seul,
Continue reading“Speaking Alone”: Silence and Speech in Post-war France
New York Times: Dr. Chan is a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute of M.I.T. and Harvard, and a co-author of “Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19.” Alina
Continue readingWhy the Pandemic Probably Started in a Lab, in 5 Key Points
Irshad Salim, Karachi: An infographic (below) shows the intense impact of conflict in Middle East and Central Asian countries (including Pakistan I suspect)–the repercussions on their real GDP per capita
Continue reading“Scars of Conflict Are Deeper and Longer Lasting”
Sam Kinchin-Smith in the LRB Blog: The coincidence of the centenary of Kafka’s death, on 3 June, and the publication of the first complete, uncensored English translation of his diaries a month