The American Synagogue

Loud, naïve, ham fisted, needy. The American tourist used to be regarded as the most obnoxious creature in the world

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

René Daumal’s Sermon on the Mount

Gen Z but two centuries ago

Has the University of Wisconsin Really Abandoned DEI?

He was a spy, a Zen priest, a fisherman, and a Bigfoot obsessive: Peter Matthiessen never had just one life

Was Xi Jinping Inevitable?

Bioelectric Contact Lenses Alleviate Depression in Mice

Rights require money

Open Thread

Where the Russia-Ukraine war stands today

Israel's Conduct in Gaza Does Not Resemble Genocide

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

Open Thread

Will Trump Betray Taiwan?

The NCAA Is Making Unpopular Decisions at Exactly the Wrong Time

Power without Ideology

The DSA’s Politicization of Public Office

The Wrong Kind of Black Poet

California’s War on Autonomous Trucking