World Oil Production Has Surpassed Another Peak. All’s Good, No?

Whole regions of the world are now uninsurable

Are we in the foothills of World War 3?

World Cup Fever: A Soccer Journey in Nine Tournaments

How to Feel Whole in a Broken World: An Astronaut’s Antidote to Despair

Blood cancer has not abated the verbose, sardonic, and unpredictable Will Self’s rage with the literary world

The Reading Method That Left Many Kids Behind

Universe’s brightest stellar explosions may be powered by highly magnetic neutron stars

Could a Day Job be the Foundation of an Artist’s Success?

Necessary Losses: The Life-Shaping Art of Letting Go

A duty to oneself

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

“Telling someone to love literature because reading is good for society is like telling someone to believe in God because religion is good for society”

“Good politics, like good art, does not lecture or declaim. It strains; it argues; it is an unending negotiation with the difficult and intransigent adventure of humanity”

The Hawks Are Lying Us Into Yet Another Middle Eastern War

Understanding ammonia energy’s tradeoffs around the world

Nicole Eisenman’s art combines social realism, twisted art history, and trenchant observations about the art world

Review: South Park Is Somehow Still Good in the Age of Hyperpoliticization

Last nuclear weapons limits expired – pushing world toward new arms race

Harold Bloom, James Wood, Jack Edwards. At just 27, Edwards, a YouTube and TikTok star, has become the most important literary critic in the world

"It Is Unfortunate That the Video of This Encounter Will Likely Go The Way of the Lost Ark Because It Doesn't Make for Good Clickbait"

The Three Elements of the Good Life