Against the Lewis Model

Democrats Are Undoing California's Pension Reforms. Why Are Republicans Going Along With It?

Is Monetarism Making a Comeback?

Choice Words

Today in Supreme Court History: August 29, 1967

Open Thread

Siegfried Kracauer believed films could foretell political disaster. What does his approach make of today’s cinema?

“As intellectually undistinguished as it is possible to be”: F.R. Leavis’s torching of C.P. Snow brought passion back into cultural life

Matter, Memory, and the Paradox of Perception: Henri Bergson on How to See Reality

A Society of Cheats

New York Times Recycles Same Old Story About Northern District of Texas

Mamdani Wants to Rewrite Amazon’s Delivery Model. State Law May Say No.

The ominous ‘fire clouds’ or ‘pyrocumulonimbus’ seen in France for the first time

How Art Invented Humanity

Open Thread

Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought conditions

These 20 Words Are Worth a Thousand Pictures

Can AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconception

Looking beyond natural sequences

The first insects had way more than six legs

“Speech is Who We Are”