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The Close, Prolonged Contact Myth

In Praise of the Useless: Bertrand Russell’s Salve for Hard Times

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Open Thread

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North Dakota Court Refuses to Recognize Foreign Islamic Divorce

From technical solution to systems change: Tackling the problem of plastic waste

How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Power

Breaking Up Big Medicine Won’t Make Health Care Cheaper

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Why the Bipartisan War on Housing Investors Won't Make Housing More Affordable

How Much Has the Iran War Actually Cost? A Lot More Than $25 Billion.

Israel's Conduct in Gaza Does Not Resemble Genocide

The caricature of Camus as an absurdist and existentialist is a convenient fiction. But fiction nonetheless

The problem with a literary culture of images is that images have an exceptionally short shelf life. People soon grow bored with them

Virginia Supreme Court Voids Virginia Gerrymander