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…
A Beginner’s Guide to a Joyful Persian Tradition of Spring Renewal and Rebirth
Directed by Naghmeh Pour & produced by Sara Samsøe Moghaddas at Aeon: Coinciding with the…
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…