California Conversations, Part I: Los Angeles

The Typhus Rats of Los Angeles

Sexual Personae was a scandal, and a ticket to infamy for its author, Camille Paglia. Its 700 pages remain incendiary — and exhausting

Noah Smith: AI will soon be better at math than any human. What does that mean?

"This Direct Monetization of Prior Government Service Is Beyond the Pale"

Towards an AI for Africa

The Supreme Court Should Go to Bat for Roberto Clemente

Tuesday Poem

Open Thread

Culture clash

The great arc

Retaliation Lawsuit Against Google by Ex-Employee Who Engaged in Anti-Israel Protests Can Go Forward in Part, Dismissed in Part

Trump's Threats To Yank Broadcast Licenses Are Part of a Speech-Chilling Intimidation Campaign

A “Hellish Cloud” Descended on Los Angeles in 1943

Advice to Entering Law Students - 2026

Open Thread

David Cole's Qualified Defense of the Supreme Court

Alain de Botton On Love, Perversion And Suffering

Walt Whitman's American Vistas

'AI Kill Switch Act' Won't Stop Rogue AI, but It Will Slow Down Innovation

What Iranian Dissidents Can Learn About Regime Change From the Mistakes of 1979