San Jose City Council Member's Request for Restraining Order Against Critic Denied on Appeal

“Most people who subscribe to scientific materialism take it to be so obviously correct that it could not be denied by any rational person who truly understood it”

The film critic A.S. Hamrah has no use for plot description, boosterism, or takedowns. He focuses, instead, on continuities and contradictions

The New Global Order

Open Thread

No Retroactive Pseudonymization in Federal Court Under California "Safe at Home" Program

Keith Haring on Creativity, Self-Doubt, and the Love of Life in the Face of Death

For Warmth: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Poetic Antidote to Anger

New AI model could cut the costs of developing protein drugs

This Forest Rodent Serves as a Reservoir for the Deadly Mpox Virus

Richard Dawkins on the Luckiness of Death

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

Harassment Restraining Order Stemming from Dispute Among Local Political Figures Vacated on Appeal

Harassment Order Stemming from Dispute Among Local Political Figures Vacated on Appeal

In the Shining City

Harold Bloom, James Wood, Jack Edwards. At just 27, Edwards, a YouTube and TikTok star, has become the most important literary critic in the world

What Now for the “Rules-Based Order”?

Harold Bloom, James Wood, Jack Edwards. At just 27, Edwards, a YouTube and TikTok star, has become the most important literary critic in the world

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Walking “a fine line between principled opposition and crankdom,” the film critic A.S. Hamrah rails against Rotten Tomatoes, texting at the movies, and digital projection

New World Order or Bust

Court "Order for Lunch"