Ask Questions Later
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Podcast
Chat
World Affairs
Politics
Technology
Journalism
Economics
Law
Culture
Society
Sports
Photography
Our Best Essays
Archive
About
Society
Latest
Top
Discussions
When Did They Pass a Law that Every Man Must Have a Beard?
LARRY DERFNER WRITES: Some men look great in them, like Sean Connery. But if a guy's beard is weedy, he looks like one of those acidheads grooving in…
Oct 26
11
5
1
Why We Believe (or Pretend To)
Science, reason, and democracy challenged God — yet billions still cling to religious faith. Here’s why.
Oct 5
•
Dan Perry
14
12
4
The Unraveling of Shared American Culture
Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension shows how authoritarian threats and a politically fractured market undermine satire, news, and America’s shared stage
Sep 18
•
Dan Perry
16
8
5
The Ghost in the Machine
BACK-TO-SCHOOL ESSAY: How AI is killing take-home assignments and forcing education to rely on labs and tests
Sep 2
•
Dan Perry
6
6
1
Across the Water: The Islands That Divide and Connect Greece and Turkey
TRAVELOGUE: Beneath the island calm of Kos lies a tempestuous past of massacres, forced migrations, and tales of empires lost
Aug 23
•
Dan Perry
12
4
1
What our favorite sports say about us
WEEKEND READ: A look at the top four sports and the people obsessed with them
Aug 10
•
Dan Perry
10
15
1
Transylvania is thirsting for tourists
A LARRY LUXNER TRAVELOGUE: Where do you feel like going this summer?
Aug 7
8
3
1
Fear and Loathing in the Driving School
WEEKEND READ by LUCA WOLFE MURRAY: Trying to get a license in Romania proved to be an exercise in absurdity
Jul 19
7
1
The tariffs lie that just won’t die
Trump’s reckless trade war is based on a total misunderstanding of economics. Is he aware of it? Is he lying or clueless? No one seems to know.
Jul 14
•
Dan Perry
7
3
1
Measles is back! But ignorance is the real virus
This is what happens when the person who can't do sixth-grade math thinks they're a virologist
Jul 10
•
Dan Perry
9
4
3
The AI paradox: Master it - but don't use it?
As schools and companies rush to train people in artificial intelligence, they still punish those who use it “too much.” Tech titan Ronni Zehavi weighs…
Jul 3
6
2
1
A bomb shelter during wartime
can be a microcosm of the absurdity of life
Jun 16
•
Dan Perry
20
1
3
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
