Poem by Jim Culleny

Sunday Poem

Music and the Body: Richard Powers on the Power of Song

Disgust and desire. In the 16th century, a woman might carry a peeled apple in her armpit until it absorbed her scent, then give it to her lover

Amicus Brief in OneTaste Criminal Prosecution

Open Thread

The Great Bernard Williams

How did the journal Telos, champion of Marcuse and Gramsci, produce two editors who would serve in Trump’s State Department?

Horror Films Exploit How Human Vision Works to Deliver Movies’ Best Scares

MIT affiliates named 2026 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Fellows

What the Economy Is Sacrificing to AI

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Wednesday Poem

A Future for Europe’s Youth

Stephen Fry: ‘Sherlock Holmes Altered the Course of My Whole Life’

Does Social Status Run in Families?

The Liberal Philanthropy Funding DEI’s Biggest Defenders on Campus

Today in Supreme Court History: October 30, 1735

Hills and mountains