What Are Words For?

Trump Loves Accusing Critics of Treason. U.S. Law Makes That Charge Hard To Prove—for Good Reason.

"Ukraine Turns Real-Life Kills into Video Game Thrills for Drone Pilots"

The Truth About Slavery and America

Music, the Neural Harmonics of Emotion, and How Love Recomposes the Brain

Sunday Poem

Open Thread

The Satanic Temple Loses Libel Suit Against Newsweek Over "Accounts of Sexual Abuse Being Covered up" Allegation

Today in Supreme Court History: May 30, 1865

The Spanish Exception

The One Man Who Could Give Trump Middle East Peace

Words of War

"The age when you can run a literary magazine on trust is over. You can either decide AI submissions are fine, or you can filter for them"

A Snippet of a Conversation Between ChatGPT and Me

Alasdair MacIntyre believed that Western morality, having lost its rationale, was replaced by something thinner: mere moral passion  

Sensitivity readers promise authenticity but deliver essentialism. Who really benefits when identity polices the imagination?

William Kennedy’s Hard Luck and High Style

The Left’s Institutional Capture

Republicans Shrug at Trump's Outrageous Corruption

He appeared to be a pauper, but John Chapman aka Johnny Appleseed was quite successful, owning 1,200 acres across three states

You’ve heard of effective altruism, but what about “effective accelerationism”? The stance thinks the solution to our cultural ills lies in technology