May 2024


China April 16, 2024

The fight to curtail TikTok’s US influence

The danger of the app’s mind-altering effects is far more immediate than those of nicotine, drugs and alcohol

Ben Domenech

Science & Tech April 16, 2024

Scientists’ strange offering to the final frontier

We used to name the stars after Greek gods. Now we shoot nudes and dead boomers into the great unknown

Shane Cashman

Family April 16, 2024

PSA: have kids young!

If anyone is sexist, it’s Mother Nature

Bridget Phetasy

Health April 16, 2024

Reflections on two decades of yoga

Any time I want to, I can unroll my mat and deploy time-honored methods to slow down my breathing, calm my mind

Neal Pollack

Science & Tech April 16, 2024

Who knew that electric vehicles might require electricity?

We’re all being victimized by denial, wishful thinking, dogmatism rather than idealism and rank incompetence

Lionel Shriver

Politics April 16, 2024

Reflecting on Trumpism in Pittsburgh

His extremism is likely to push Biden over the finish line

Jacob Heilbrunn

Middle East April 16, 2024

Israel and the making of nations

The country is a test case for the survival of nationalism everywhere

Daniel McCarthy

Middle East April 16, 2024

Inside the real Israel

In a country with real conflict, no one has time for culture wars

Josh Kaplan

Education April 16, 2024

Did the Athenians come up with no-platforming?

In democratic Athens (fifth century BC), free speech in the citizens’ assembly and the courts was called isêgoria, meaning ‘equality of speaking’

Peter Jones

International April 16, 2024

Why do neoliberals get let off the Iraq War hook?

There are prominent liberal hawks who have somehow escaped condemnation for helping promote the invasion

John R. MacArthur

International April 16, 2024

Modern-day slavery in Mauritania

The country is one of America’s staunchest allies in the war on terror and the world’s most enslaved nation

Geoff Hill

Europe April 16, 2024

Jordan Bardella, nouveau Napoleon?

The National Rally president is talked about as the future of the French right

Gavin Mortimer

Business April 16, 2024

In praise of Yuengling

What is it about this beer that’s made it stand the test of time?

Teresa Mull

Internet April 16, 2024

X and the return of the social-media sandbox

Until a competitor amasses the platform’s kind of clout, the wannabe censors will be stuck hearing opinions for which they once tried to get people banned

Stephen L. Miller