How Facts Are Made

How to Apologize: Reflections on Forgiveness, Self-Forgiveness, and the Vulnerabilities of Being Human

J. D. Vance’s Disingenuous Defense of Tucker Carlson

Domination/Subordination Dynamics: Five Foundational Books Challenging Illegitimate Authority

The Most Important Thing to Remember About Your Mother

Poem by Jim Culleny

Today in Supreme Court History: September 6, 1983

Continental divide

This comic is drawing women into prehistory

Jakub Pachocki, Chief Scientist at OpenAI: “This is a time that calls for extreme caution.”

Who Controls the Data Controls the Future

A wine so thick you could write with it and pâté made from cat meat. What did boys obsess over in the Renaissance? Food

Before puritanism and personality cults made it boring, affect theory brimmed with real intellectual potential. Laura Kipnis explains

Open Thread

Lindsey Graham's Sister Tapped To Replace Him in the Senate

Researchers tune into Arctic under-ice sounds and test through-ice communication

COVID-19 Origins: Lab Leak or Natural Spillover?

Your Ability to Cope with Stress Changes with the Seasons and Your Own Biological Clocks

3 Questions: The essential role of international engagement

Are these killer whales out for revenge on humans—or just trying to play?

How Your Genes Shape Your Personality