Founding Rapist: Judging Thomas Jefferson by the Standards of His Time

Time to Consider Becoming a Bricklayer

Blond Ambition

James Baldwin’s Advice on Writing

NFL Player's Penis Size Is a 'Matter of Legitimate Public Concern,' Says Court

On FOI Requests and Other Benefits of Working at a Public University

Marilyn Monroe at 100

The Myth of the Radical Right

The Parthenon of the Republic

Will AI Reverse the Renminbi’s Rise?

A poem you can put your beer on. The mimeo revolution of the 1960s generated a deluge of experimental printing

Clarence Thomas, a Profile in Courage

Your Perception Of Time Is, In Fact, Warped

Ig Nobel hosts science’s silliest ceremony outside U.S. for first time

The ominous ‘fire clouds’ or ‘pyrocumulonimbus’ seen in France for the first time

China’s Platform State and the AI Race

Carlo Rovelli: Free Will Is Real and Physics Can Prove It

Magic mushroom compound may prevent chemotherapy pain

Why is Ringo Starr still performing at 86? Because he can

Open Thread

After an 8-Year Journey, Orbiters Are About to Give Us a Fresh Look at Mercury