Americans Say the United Nations Is Doing a Bad Job. They're Right.

He was probably right

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

Might Makes Right Will End Pax Americana

Why Are AP Scores Rising? The College Board’s Answers Don’t Add Up

“Ferritin Face” Is Trending—But Can Your Skin Really Reveal Low Iron?

The Firebrand

The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East

Laughter, Forgetting, and Unbearable Lightness or, Why Milan Kundera (Still) Matters

AOC's World

Perceptions

How Did the Nation Get Its Name? Other Suggestions Included the United Colonies, Columbia and the United States of Alleghania

Nearly 50% of West Bank Palestinians Says Israel Does Not Have A Right To Exist

Horseshoe And -Shit: Left And Right, Up And Down

MIT School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in spring 2026

Open Thread

Edward Abbey on How to Live and How to Die

When You're in a College Electrical Circuits Lab, Better Follow the Teacher's Instructions

The Theology of Liberalism

The Next Frontier Is Not Artificial Intelligence—It’s Artificial Societies

Google’s Genome Atlas Predicts the Effect of Every Possible DNA Mutation