Zadie Smith on the Courage to Be More Than Yourself

AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?

Watching Porn on California’s Death Row

A Closer Look: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A Modest Uptick in Supreme Court Popularity

'Boneless Wings' Aren't Really Wings. Is That Fraud?

Researchers “reprogram” materials by quickly rearranging their atoms

How Much Has the Iran War Actually Cost? A Lot More Than $25 Billion.

The Problem with Liberal Empire

Democratic lawmakers demand Trump explain—and reverse—termination of NSF’s governing board

How the ACLU Started Defending the Second Amendment

James Schuyler, the New York school's most neglected poet, may now be its most necessary

He warned against idleness, then stopped doing anything at all. The compelling contradictions of Samuel Johnson

Zoom out and it becomes clear that the defenders of humanistic liberalism have been decisively losing the battle over ideals

Virginia Supreme Court Voids Virginia Gerrymander

The Mifepristone Briefs Are In, But One Dog Did Not (Yet) Bark

Arm-edabad Blues

Open Thread

Power without Ideology

Open Thread

Mapping the Illegal Wildlife Trade Using Pangolin DNA