Uncanny and vaguely malevolent, the institutional Gothic style replaces bloodthirsty lords with soulless corporations

Open Thread

The Labor Department Just Freed Contractors—Again. Congress Still Needs To Act.

Teenage Frida Kahlo’s Moving Letters

Trump's College Sports Executive Order Adds Chaos to an Already Wild Legal War

Sentinels of the Soul: Kahlil Gibran’s Moving Letter to a Soldier in a Senseless War

In the 16th century, with telescopes and microscopes emerging, a curious malady emerged: Men believing they were made of glass

The Many Failures of Professional Sportspeople

Can India Become the World’s Innovation Capital?

In One Day (Mar. 31), 17 U.S. Court Decisions Noting Suspected AI Hallucinations in Court Filings

Nationwide Injunctions, a Crucial Check on Presidential Power, Are Not Dead Yet

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

In the ’60s Richard Hofstadter identified a “paranoid style.” Today’s version of that impulse, a “woke style,” is similarly inescapable — even on the Right

Paul Kingsnorth argues technocratic civilization is not merely misguided but malevolent. Blame "the Machine"

Creating ‘Gothic Modern’

Trump Replaces Old Illegal Tariffs With New Illegal Tariffs

James Joyce on typos: “These are not misprints but beauties of my style hitherto undreamt of”

The Paradox of Contemporary AI: Engineering Success and Institutional Failure

The Mysterious Case of Gothic Verse Narratives

US Institutional Decay Is Threatening Global Finance

Killing Drug Lords Won't End Mexico's Cartels. Ending the Drug War Might.

American Diner Gothic