The Nonsense World of Daniil Kharms

Where Kant and Rousseau theorized, George Forster sailed the world to learn what makes humans human

Three Essentials of a More Equal World Order

The idea that success is deserved has great traction in the world but it is a deeply flawed notion

Why Balogun's World Cup Red Card Was Incorrect

The Violinist Who Solved the Ancient Riddle of How the World Holds Together

Nine Books That Showcase Queer Life in the Arab World

Water Makes the World Go Round

The World Cup Experience Lives Up to the Hype

Lerna Ekmekcioglu named head of MIT's History Section

Scott Alexander on Parenthood

Open Thread

Inaugural Music Technology Research Showcase celebrates work of new graduate program’s initial students

Open Thread

The Fiscally Conservative Revolution

I’ll Tell You How The Sun Sets

Oscar Wilde foresaw machines freeing humanity for beauty and leisure. Greed has other plans

What Do You Do When You Lose Gigantic Megalodon Shark Vertebrae?

A National House in Disorder

Today in Supreme Court History: June 30, 2014

Eric Hobsbawm made the 20th century intelligible. But he never could fully explain his own communism