Society

Farewell, Mark Campbell

There is more to life than agreeing about politics

Nov 28 •

The UN Climate Process Needs a Reboot

TATIANA DER AVEDISSIAN WRITES: With weak national climate commitments and rising political polarization the COP process risks irrelevance unless the…

Nov 25

Trump’s Pathetic Putin Worship

The ultimate, definitive, comprehensive, authoritative analysis of why Trump bows before the authoritarian war criminal Putin.

Nov 24 •

10 Linguistic Atrocities Threatening Civilization

WEEKEND READ: It's just so strange that my pet peeves are not a global consensus. So I am launching my campaign for a global exorcism of the Top 10…

Nov 15 •

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

Why We Believe (or Pretend To)

Science, reason, and democracy challenged God — yet billions still cling to religious faith. Here’s why.

Oct 5 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

What our favorite sports say about us

WEEKEND READ: A look at the top four sports and the people obsessed with them

Aug 10 •

Transylvania is thirsting for tourists

A LARRY LUXNER TRAVELOGUE: Where do you feel like going this summer?

Aug 7

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

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