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Piety and Patriotism in a Public School

In the Midst of Tornado Season, a Surprisingly Short History of Predicting Twisters

The Unitary Executive Takes Over New Territory

The Meaning of Maturity: Ursula K. Le Guin on What It Really Takes to Grow Up

Was Brexit Inevitable?

Science Is Political—and Spiritual

Open Thread

White House Fight Night

Disclosing One's HIV+ Status Isn't Criminal Harassment of Ex

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

Dismantling Gerontocracy—Or Entrenching It?

Today in Supreme Court History: June 15, 1804

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Open Thread

Two Potential Upcoming Canadian Secession Referenda and the Broader Issues they Raise

AI may be sycophantic, but that is just one expression of its structural bias toward familiarity and averageness 

Trump's Ceasefire Definition Sounds Wrong. History Sadly Suggests Otherwise.

The Renaissance was a golden age invented by people who believed they were living through a dark one

Is a new academic report with a dry title a “diabolically evil” plot to undermine the humanities? Or will it save them?