Leslie Fiedler, the wild man of American letters, argued that our literature was less realism than repression

Thomas Jefferson and the American Mind

Open Thread

The Log from the Sea of Cortez: John Steinbeck’s Forgotten Masterpiece on How to Think and the Art of Seeing the Pattern Beyond the Particular

Can ecosystems malfunction?

Abigail Spanberger Vetoes Mandatory Collective Bargaining, Defying Virginia Unions

Why College Students Are Booing AI

How to Build a Sovereign AI Stack

Whose Vote Will Count in America’s Midterms?

Japan's Smoking Bans Make a Lot More Sense Than America's

Poop Cruises Are No Laughing Matter

Has Taiwan Made Itself Immune to American Betrayal?

Data Centers Use Less Water Than Almond Farms—and Do More Good

The American Question

My Son’s Hockey Team and the Crisis of American Resentment

The naturalist John Cade studied things like snakes’ tails and the kookaburra’s cry. Then he started giving lithium to manic-depressives

He was imprisoned by the Nazis; she was sent to a sanitorium. For Leonora Carrington and Max Ernst, love was not a luxury they could afford

Steward of the Senate

President Trump Doesn't Need Congressional Approval for His Actions as to Iran

Are Humanoid Robots the End of Human Work?

The canine gaze. Dogs in Western art are surrogate viewers and compositional anchors