Reassembling Pakistan

Khurram Hussain at Dawn: MUCH has been said about “reimagining Pakistan” but it is important…

Is Techno-Monopoly Inevitable?

William H. Janeway at Project Syndicate: The detective in a typical British crime procedural would…

A Display of Faceless Portraits in Venice

Kin Woo at The New York Times: For over a decade now, the Polish painter…

“Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States”

Nicholas Gordan with the author John Zubrzycki: Post-independence India had a big problem–about 40% of…

Is it Time to End Arms Sales to Israel?

Today’s Big Question from The Week: America’s longtime military support for Israel is suddenly in…

Thursday Poem: The Old Stove

I hope the sun won’t ever burn out.Some things seem to last forever.Our old stove…

Editorial Cartoons on GAZA War

Editorial cartoons on war in Gaza from news organizations. Here are six of them selected…

“Burma Sahib”

Jonathan Chatwin in the Asian Review of Books: Eric Arthur Blair once wrote that he…

Why Americans Love to Hate Harvard

Derek Bok in Harvard Magazine: IN DECEMBER, the presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT were summoned…

Rather Than Fearing Getting Old, Here’s How to Embrace it

by Berit Lewis at the Psyche: To grow with age, I suggest practicing various forms…

Americans Don’t Want a Dictatorship, But They’re Creating One Anyway

by J. D. Tuccille at the Rattler, a Reason newsletter: Whether a glass is half…

Bad

WhatsApp shares on ‘bad’. Curated by Irshad Salim, Karachi: …and a good system will expose…