"Life Without Buckley v. Valeo," by John Samples

How Not to Waste Your Life

‘What are we doing here?’ The polymaths who searched for the meaning of life

Words Without Consequence

New AI model could cut the costs of developing protein drugs

The New Global Order

Are we hard-wired for infidelity?

Open Thread

Dogs Can Have Dementia, Too

Pulsar Found Near the Center of the Milky Way Could Test Einstein’s Theories

Giant Pythons Once Roamed Prehistoric Taiwan

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

John Roberts Serves A Blue Plate Special, And The Progressives Forget All Of Their Complaints About The Shadow Docket

NASA won’t bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost

Albert Camus on the Three Antidotes to the Absurdity of Life

The war between writers and editors can be long, brutish, and nasty. "Every semicolon was a matter of life or death”

The Monarchs, Music, and the Meaning of Life: The Most Touching Deathbed Love Letter Ever Written

Sleep and the Meaning of Life: Fernando Pessoa on the Existential Dimension of the Horizontal Hours

A Life of One’s Own: A Penetrating Century-Old Field Guide to Self-Possession, Mindful Perception, and the Art of Knowing What You Really Want

Is there a way to engage in biographical criticism without becoming a moralizing bore? Consider the case of Philip Roth

Leaked ICE Memo Claims Agents Can Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrants

Plaza Can Be Temporarily Closed for Construction, Without Violating First Amendment