Brickbat: A Lack of Trustee

Brickbat: Exit Toll

Why Your Shrink Should Prescribe Exercise

China Is Defanging the Dollar, Not Dethroning It

The far-right marches under its banner. But what is “Western civilization”?

Wednesday Poem

How Capitalism Quietly Revolutionized Everyday Life

Annie Ernaux: “Alfred Nobel’s intentions were noble. But everything that follows — the mountains of mail, the endless requests — is a burden”

A Night of Pure Trumpenfreude

Trump’s Humiliation of a Historic Scale — What Comes Next in Iran

Bluenami

Brickbat: Home Sweet Chicago

When Frog Eyes Are Like Fingerprints

Human organoids restore cognition in mice with half a brain

Law Banning Employer Requirements That Employees Listen to Employer's Religious or Political Speech Likely Violates Employer's First Amendment Rights

Worker-Managed Firms Can Curb Inequality and Protect Free Markets

Open Thread

Free Luxury Food for Welfare Recipients in California

The Quest for Wisdom in Turbulent Times

Federal Judge Halts Minnesota's Prediction Market Ban, Signaling Other States' Efforts Might Be Illegal Too

Extreme Heat Comes for the Red Chile Capital of Pakistan