First We Grieve
Then we must act.
‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’
Anti-Jewish prejudice isn’t a partisan divide—it’s a generational one.
We Will Swim Again at Bondi
Australians must stand with our Jewish community.
Trump Is Using a Sacred Power for Depraved Purposes
The president’s pardons encourage public officials to place personal interests ahead of the interests of the people.
The Truth Physics Can No Longer Ignore
The fundamental nature of living things challenges assumptions that physicists have held for centuries.
Rob Reiner Was a Quiet Titan of Storytelling
The director and actor, who died yesterday, built a remarkable career that went far beyond his comic origins.
‘The Sun Rises and Sets With Her, Man’
The director Michael Mann isn’t thought of as a romantic, but the men of Heat, which turns 30 today, are fueled by their relationships.
The Populist Revolt Against Cognitive Elites
The problem with fixating on inequality, oligarchy, and other abstractions
Coming Soon: Season 3 of Autocracy in America
This is not business as usual.
The Intifada Comes to Bondi Beach
A Hanukkah massacre of Australian Jews
The SNL Sketch That Captures the Absurdity of Life-Maxxing
The show mocked prettily packaged year-end features, such as Spotify “Wrapped,” that spit data collected about consumers back at them.
America Is Failing Its Children
Yesterday’s attack at Brown University is just the latest example.
Inside a Flame
A poem
Ripples of a Galactic Merger
Day 14 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Why the Brown Shooting Felt Different
I’m used to responding to sudden tragedies, but not ones this personal.
Stop Trying to Make the Humanities ‘Relevant’
For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it.
The View From Inside the AI Bubble
Secret parties, lavish buffets, and talks of annihilation at one of the largest AI-research conferences
An Absurdist Film About the American Dream
The genius of Problemista, folktronica music, and more culture and entertainment recommendations
I Watched 12 Hours of Nick Fuentes
The white-supremacist influencer is laying the groundwork to go even bigger.
A Sea of Galaxies
Day 13 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
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