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Friday Poem: Things That Collapse
by Jonathan Harris at the Rattle: Slumped in a lawn chair under a pink umbrella…
The Hidden History of Those Who Wrote the Christian Story
Candida Moss in Time: It is an unlikely success story. A first century religious leader named…
Your Nationality May Influence How Much You Talk With Your Hands
Brian Owens in New Scientist: People of different nationalities appear to vary in their use of…
Welcome to Pakistan: Democracy’s Decay: The Senate’s Descent Into Deception
by Rabia Azfar Nizami in The Express Tribune: The democratic structure of governance rooted in…
The Problematic Past, Present, and Future of Inequality Studies
Branko Milanović’s century-spanning intellectual history of inequality in economic theory reveals the ideological reasons behind…
Anyone Advocating Neoliberal Policies is Now Persona Non Grata in Washington, D.C.
Post-neoliberals are having a moment. If it continues for too long, the result could be…
Empire of the Ants: What Insect Supercolonies Can Teach Us
John Whitfield in The Guardian: It is a familiar story: a small group of animals…
Wednesday Poem: The Sum of Life
Nothing to do but work,…. Nothing to eat but food,Nothing to wear but clothes…. To…
Ibn Khaldun on a Failed Nation–Seven Hundred Years Ago
“A defeated nation always admires the conqueror, imitating his dress and adopting the signs of…
Countering Growing Authoritarianism Requires a Robust Civil Society, Media & Academia
by Margee Ensign at IPS: (C)ountering growing authoritarianism requires a bigger, more interconnected ecosystem of…
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023 Joumana Khatib at The New York Times:…
Human Artificial Chromosomes Could Ferry Tons More DNA Cargo Into Cells
by Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: The human genetic blueprint is deceptively simple. Our genes…