Introducing The Short Queue

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Magnetic sensors track muscle movement, for better prosthetic limb control

Dear Human, Poetry Might Save Us from the Apocalypse

Live Briefing Starting at 4pm ET: The Last Clear Chance (your link)

College Students Believe in Free Speech—Just Not on Campus

California Voters Have a Chance To Address the State's Broken Environmental Regulations

Democracy’s False Dawn

You Can See Everything, Halloween Costumes, Mary Peltola

Antics in Alaska

Ramaswamy's Attack on Amy Acton Was Bad Enough. Trump and Vance Made It Worse.

Gilgamesh by Simon Armitage

Two new books on Edward Said read his criticism alongside the work of Jonathan Swift and Lionel Trilling

J-PAL North America launches Homelessness Evaluation Resource Hub to drive evidence-informed approaches to housing stability

J Todd Anderson (1959 – 2026) Storyboard Artist

Eight for Eight – Keeping Score of the Escalation Trap

Brickbat: Ghost in the Machine

Asad Raza on Rats, People, and the Purpose of Life

Hoover Daily Report | October 27, 2026

The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Timeless Tenets of Critical Thinking

How to Lose a Trade War