Samuel Beckett’s Proustian Moment

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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"

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The Supreme Court Should Go to Bat for Roberto Clemente

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Medieval parents — they're just like us! Forget the cold and indifferent caricature that has persisted for decades

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Senators Want To Claw Back Trump's Spending Power. They Should Just Pass a Real Budget Instead.

Advice to Entering Law Students - 2026

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David Cole's Qualified Defense of the Supreme Court

Patrick O'Brian invented his Irish childhood, his years at sea, his very name. His readers forgave him 

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

Yu Deng ’11 and Hong Wang PhD ’19 awarded Fields Medal

Nick Cave on Integrating the Darkness of Loss with the Bright Ongoingness of Life