The Secret Power of Ambivalence

Vincent van Gogh on Fear, Taking Risks, and How Inspired Mistakes Propel Us Forward

The True History of the American Revolution

A Conversation with Robert Pape and Hina Rabbani Khar, Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan

Literary culture has changed, often for the worse. But that doesn't mean the world is also getting worse

U.S. crop genome sequencing gets $180 million boost

The French Far Right Embraces Austerity

The ghetto on the lagoon

Inventing Pad Thai

Smuggling literature behind the Iron Curtain took ingenuity. Think microscopic copies of Solzhenitsyn nestled in a baby’s diaper

A Global Economic Recovery Built on Shaky Foundations

“Floating Scarecrow” Demonstrates the Enduring Power of Eyes in the Natural World

Using the Power of the Government to Win Elections

My New Lawfare Article on Why "The President Doesn't Have Unlimited Power to Impose Import Bans"

“The real secret to beating envy is to realize that envy, in addition to being a great vice and an internal poison, is a drag”

Hegseth’s One Percent

Jefferson The Incomprehensible

“Hell, Yes, It Was Smuggled” — Stolen gods and the museum down the street

The Incas Adorned Animal Sacrifices With Coca Leaves

Are Right‑Brained People Really More Creative?

‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research