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Peter Max (1937 – 2026) Psychedelic Artist

Trump’s Monumental Obsession

Victory in Defeat

AI Companies Promise Humanoid Assistants. How Will the Robots Know What To Do?

THE NEW FACE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE—AND WHY IT’S CLOSER THAN YOU THINK

Today in Supreme Court History: September 19, 1907

Why Did a California County Fine Them Over $1 Million for Someone Else's Code Violations?

Are You Working: In Defense of the Invisible Labors of Creativitiy

MIT named the nation’s top university by U.S. News for 2026-27

Don’t Judge the Supreme Court by Its Polls

SPECIAL LIVE BRIEFING: OUR OWN WORST ENEMIES

In the Name of Tax Fairness, Politicians Propose Special Tax Penalties on Data Centers

Saffron for joy, ostrich liver for melancholy: medieval mental health was absurd. Yet some aspects seem strangely modern

The meaning of fake marble

Friday Poem

Former Trade Officials Explain Why Trump's Section 301 Tariffs Are Illegal

Will you be wearing an exoskeleton in ten years? The tech that could change how we move

The Canon of Solitude: 200 Years of Great Writers, Artists, and Scientists on the Creative and Spiritual Rewards of Fertile Aloneness

Medicare’s Sudden Drug Cost Surge

The split between Harold Bloom and Northrop Frye led to no shortage of bad blood. But were their theories of literary inheritance that far apart?