Should Children Have Smartphones?
Author Haidt: Social Media is Spreading Mental Illness New York Times Book Review: Social psychologist…
A Poem has Secrets that the Poet Knows Nothing Of
at Poetic Outlaws: Stanley Kunitz received numerous awards for his poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize…
Saturday Poem: Desperate Measures
there are so many ways to fallso many ways to crack down the middle andvanishso…
3 Types of Friends: Leaves, Branches, & Roots
Sahil Bloom at The Friday Five: Actor Tyler Perry—portraying his wise Madea alter ego—once shared…
Americans Have a Long History of Worrying About Declinism
By Joseph S. Nye Jr. at Time: As election year politics heat up, Donald Trump…
Guide to Reading Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations
At Daily Stoic: So many people struggle with and get frustrated by Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations…and…
A New Forein Policy Era Dawns
William Kristol and Andrew Egger at The Bulwark: All around us, there are indications—I’m tempted,…
How to Disagree Without Compromise
A Podcast at Wisdom of Crowds: Many attempts have been made to deal with polarization….
Friday Poem: Reflections by Javed Ansari
Droplets of meditation brim forth,the cauldron boils perpetually —through the tedium of life.The etched screen…
An Essay: Nero’s Violin
By Judson Vereen at Poetic Outlaws: It was sometime in the evening and I was…
Sit-ins on Company Dime: Google Fires 28
Liz Wolfe at Reason: Yesterday, Google fired 28 of its workers after employees held sit-ins…
‘Putin Is My Enemy.’ The Revolution of Yulia Navalnaya
Simon Schuster in Time: In Russian custom, the soul of the dead is believed to remain…