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Democracy Has Run Out of Future
Ivan Krastev & Leonard Benardo in Foreign Policy: We live today amid the dregs of…
Monday Poem: Mother’s Day Unsonnet
To think that I was once a germ of lightin the belly of another being,and…
New World Order?
Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay in Phenomenal World: We live in a dysfunctional system in…
Behind the Ivy Intifada
“We can clearly recognize elite institutions’ deep commitment to sterile forms of activism.” Musa al-Gharbi…
She Wrote ‘The History of White People.’ She Has a Lot More to Say.
Jennifer Szalai in The New York Times: As the historian Nell Irvin Painter has learned over…
Imagineering: Teamwork. Backhoe Kid.
“Interest in the work matters”. “No problem can be solved from the same level of…
Sunday Poem: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Love the quick profit, the annual raise,vacation with pay. Want moreof everything ready-made. Be afraidto…
Astronomers Discover 27,500 New Asteroids Lurking in Archival Images
By Jason Dorrier at Singularity Hub: In tandem with Google Cloud, the Asteroid Institute recently…
How One Man Brought Down the Leading Members of the British Establishment
John Arlidge at the Air Mail: Britain does a good line in scandal. The Profumo…
India’s Despotic Election
The playing field is tilted decisively in favor of the ruling party. The chances of…
Sicily Sold Homes for One Euro. This Is What Happened Next.
Lisa Abend at Afar: Since the 19th century, large numbers of villagers in the poorer…
