Sunday Poem: The Forgotten Madmen
Do not look sadly at days gone bydays below days like a river running under…
Yan Lianke Wants You to Stop Describing Him As China’s Most Censored Author
Yan Lianke at Literary Hub: In China we have a saying that reading a banned…
The Fall and Rise of ‘Scarface’
Sonny Bunch at The Bulwark: This week, I’m rejoined by Glenn Kenny to discuss his…
Deepfake Politicians May Have a Big Influence on India’s Elections
Jeremy Hsu in New Scientist: Artificial intelligence is enabling India’s politicians to be everywhere at…
Cartoons This Week: No One is Above the Law
Selected cartoons this week: Summer Getaway Plans; Columbia Univ. Yearbook, Today’s Specials, Etc.
A Barnard Professor on What Columbia Owes its Students Right Now
“If we are to reclaim our university, faculty and students must do it together.” By…
Humanizing the Technocracy
Damon Linker in Notes From the Middleground: I first became a TNR (The New Republic)…
Saturday Poem: Older Love
His wife has asthmaso he only smokes outdoorsor late at night with headand shoulders well…
How Harlem Saw Itself
Clifford Thompson at Commonweal: “For generations in the mind of America, the Negro has been…
Gaza War and Students Protests: Perspectives on the Conflagration
The Ideas Letter: The war in Gaza has inspired powerful protest, unyielding contestation, and claims…
Columbia 1968 & 2024: The Suffering Behind the Protests
Tom Barson in Wisdom of Crowds: I’ve only witnessed one pitched battle in person, and…
Friday Poem: Graduation
Tim Suermondt: “The day after a February snow storm the sun came out, and I…