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Why Isn’t Europe Poorer Than the US?

The Growing Up Has No End in Sight

Psychic Soldiers, Mind Readers, and Dolphin Drones: The Cold War's Weird Paranormal History

Open Thread

"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

Today in Supreme Court History: May 31, 1860

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

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

"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

The grand tour’s most enduring truth: Even the most miraculous work of art is born not just into history, but also out of it

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

William Kennedy’s Hard Luck and High Style

The Left’s Institutional Capture

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

Open Thread

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal