A Display of Faceless Portraits in Venice
Kin Woo at The New York Times: For over a decade now, the Polish painter Ewa Juszkiewicz has been recreating portraits of women by painters from the Renaissance era to
“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 its land wasn’t, well, India. Instead, this land was in the hands of the princely
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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 doubt. The U.S. has sent tens of thousands of weapons following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.
Thursday Poem: The Old Stove
I hope the sun won’t ever burn out.Some things seem to last forever.Our old stove still heats upthe solar system of the kitchen.Nana says it’s been blazingfor about 40 years.She
Editorial Cartoons on GAZA War
Editorial cartoons on war in Gaza from news organizations. Here are six of them selected by despardes.com. Source: The Daily Herald, The Week, Chappatte in Le Temps (Switzerland), and The
“Burma Sahib”
Jonathan Chatwin in the Asian Review of Books: Eric Arthur Blair once wrote that he was born into the “lower-upper-middle class”, having cachet but no capital. His father had been
Why Americans Love to Hate Harvard
Derek Bok in Harvard Magazine: IN DECEMBER, the presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT were summoned to appear before a congressional committee. For five hours, they were subjected to withering interrogation
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 of mindfulness. Just as exercise for the body helps to maintain and improve physical health,
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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 full or half empty is a matter of perspective. The same can be said about
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Bad
WhatsApp shares on ‘bad’. Curated by Irshad Salim, Karachi: …and a good system will expose a bad person any time! …and it doesn’t matter how much you fake to be
Wednesday Poem: The Journey
By: Mary Oliver One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice — though the whole house
What is AI (Artificial Intelligence)?
Artificial intelligence is a machine’s ability to perform some cognitive functions we usually associate with human minds. Twentieth-century theoreticians, like computer scientist and mathematician Alan Turing, envisioned a future where