William Blake’s Daddy Issues

Wars Fought for Fun Cannot Be Won

"There Is Evidence That This Particular Proceeding Before the Beijing Court Was Dominated by the" Chinese Communist Party,

NASA's Artemis Program Is a Monument to Government Waste. It Can Only Go Up From Here.

Making AI More Human

Telling the Truth About China’s Success

What Sharks Attacked 5 Million Years Ago

Justice Kagan's Arguments for "Relax[ing] Our Guard" as to Some Content-Based (But Viewpoint-Neutral) Speech Restrictions

Conversion Therapy Bans, as Applied to Talk Therapy, Regulate Speech and Not Just Conduct

Two physicists and a curious host walk into a studio…

Slavery, Birthright Citizenship, and Today's Upcoming Supreme Court Oral Argument

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

Oscar Wilde, William Morris, and John Ruskin were exemplars of socialist aesthetics, advancing the view that more leisure would result in better art

Gavin Newsom’s Father Issues

James Baldwin v. William F. Buckley (1965)

Hoping to catch a glimpse of the legendarily fat G.K. Chesterton, William James climbed a ladder to peer into his garden — to no avail

William Colón (1950 – 2026) Salsa Musician

Open Thread

New York’s First “Rental Ripoff” Hearings: Fiery Rhetoric, Little Substance

The Left’s Deafening Silence on Iran

2025 Wasn’t the Hottest Year on Record. Earth Is Still Barreling to the Climate Brink

What Now for the “Rules-Based Order”?