Poem by Jim Culleny

Sunday Poem

This Stray Cat Turned Out to Be the First New Cat Species Discovered in Over a Century

Is Effective Altruism Really a Doom Cult?

The Goal of Contemporary Journalism

The Carapace Cracks

Sound guardians

He was probably right

The Pickaxe Mountain Trap: Why a Tactical Nuke Won’t Stop Iran—And Could Wreck the American Economy

America Needs a New Urban Vision

Critical theory can be used to convey sophistication — but when it goes wrong, the whiff of pretension and arrogance is unmistakable

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Tuesday Poem

Wednesday Poem

Friday Poem

Selling Alcohol Isn't a Political Function

The Brutal Origins of Bear-Baiting

To teach students how to think, shut down the WiFi, scramble the cell signal, and send them to weeklong retreats in the deep, dark woods 

Open Thread

The Crescent Nebula: A Gas Bubble Surrounding a Violently Dying Star

War in an Age of Weak Powers