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…

Should Children Have Smartphones?

Author Haidt: Social Media is Spreading Mental Illness New York Times Book Review: Social psychologist…

A Poem has Secrets that the Poet Knows Nothing Of

at Poetic Outlaws: Stanley Kunitz received numerous awards for his poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize…

Saturday Poem: Desperate Measures

there are so many ways to fallso many ways to crack down the middle andvanishso…

3 Types of Friends: Leaves, Branches, & Roots

Sahil Bloom at The Friday Five: Actor Tyler Perry—portraying his wise Madea alter ego—once shared…

Americans Have a Long History of Worrying About Declinism

By Joseph S. Nye Jr. at Time: As election year politics heat up, Donald Trump…

Guide to Reading Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations

At Daily Stoic: So many people struggle with and get frustrated by Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations…and…

A New Forein Policy Era Dawns

William Kristol and Andrew Egger at The Bulwark: All around us, there are indications—I’m tempted,…

How to Disagree Without Compromise

A Podcast at Wisdom of Crowds: Many attempts have been made to deal with polarization….

Friday Poem: Reflections by Javed Ansari

Droplets of meditation brim forth,the cauldron boils perpetually —through the tedium of life.The etched screen…

An Essay: Nero’s Violin

By Judson Vereen at Poetic Outlaws: It was sometime in the evening and I was…

Sit-ins on Company Dime: Google Fires 28

Liz Wolfe at Reason: Yesterday, Google fired 28 of its workers after employees held sit-ins…