Les Perelman, expert in writing assessment and champion of writing education, dies at 77

The Perils of a Power Vacuum in Iran

Trump Rolls the Iron Dice

What the ICE Crackdown and China's One-Child Policy Have in Common

Coping with catastrophe

How Should You Live Your Life: Marie Howe’s Spare, Stunning Poem “The Maples”

Brickbat: Going Dutch

Open Thread

Doing Science and Philosophy On Drugs

Despite science's efforts, consciousness isn't quantifiable. The hard problem remains stubbornly hard, but reading poetry may help

UN creates new scientific AI advisory panel: what will it do?

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

Raphael’s School of Education

Famous for telling writers to embrace their “shitty first drafts,” Bird by Bird is one of the most popular writing guides of all time. Is it any good?

Zen and the Art of Persuasive Writing, Word Choice

AI writing tools could lead scholars from low-income countries to erase their own voices

Writing “That” Essay

When a colleague dies: exploring academia's ‘death-denying’ culture

Writing and Re-writing the Legacy of Malcolm X

T. Alan Hatton receives Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education

Writing the History of Neoliberalism

The perilous allure of machine-generated writing has a surprisingly long history