And thoughts on life after deathThis past week I went to a funeral in the UK in a small quaint town called Henley-en-Thames. It was a small funeral with ...

Written by Deborah Barsky The famous American astronomer Carl Sagan once said, “You have to know the past to understand the present.ˮ But can we ever ...

I had a few conversations about the best books on the Constitution. FWIW, for me, the gold standard is still Seervai. It's a three-volume set, a bit on the ...

Written by April M. Short Anthropologists’ research on the origins of war, going back to the beginning of human history and our closest ape ...

So I’ve been super quiet the last few months because it seems wierd to write about travel with everything that’s been going on. As most of you know ...

Written by John P. Ruehl The Trump administration’s July 2025 decision to have the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) investigate ...

Written by Colin Greer and Eric Laursen The Inclusionary/Exclusionary Divide Social movements are powerful engines for change, and they coalesce ...

Written by Yann Perreau The deeper we explore humanity’s past, the harder it becomes to sustain some of the most powerful political myths of the ...

I don’t know. I guess I just wanted to, like, hear someone say it. Even if they didn’t say it directly. In the final episode of the ...

Selection and Composition Perspectives from The Artist's Road  Zoomed-In Mid-Ground Zoomed-Out    Whenever we are studying a subject for painting, we give ...