On empathy

Yet Again with the Heckler's Veto in a Government Employee Speech Case

The Penis Mightier

Brian Doherty, Historian of the Libertarian Movement, Dead at 57

Today in Supreme Court History: March 14, 1932

Anti-Semitism Is Becoming Mainstream

Neutral Principles ("Process, Not Outcome"): A New Advocacy Organization

Why Cats Always Land on Their Feet

Pete Hegseth’s Worrisome Press Briefing

Open Thread

Revisiting the “Brights” — What to Call the Irreligious

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

The Gentle Giant: Oliver Sacks and the Art of Choosing Empathy Over Vengeance

Virginia Woolf on Self-Knowledge and the Limits of Empathy

Open Thread

Does Culture Make Emotion?

Trump Has Odd Views on Domestic Terrorism

There are no psychopaths

The Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Changes Little

When Michelangelo met Titian. The evidence of how they influenced each other is scant, and we so enter the realm of the educated guess

Pentagon to Anthropic: If You Won't Let Us Use Your AI for Mass Surveillance or Autonomous Weapons, Expect Punishment

Daily briefing: The neural circuit that can make it hard to start a difficult task