Anyone who has experienced childbirth can attest to this fact: no great change comes into the world without pain. From our earliest origins as a nation we have been torn by a fundamental contradiction between our ideals and our reality.…
Anyone who has experienced childbirth can attest to this fact: no great change comes into the world without pain. From our earliest origins as a nation we have been torn by a fundamental contradiction between our ideals and our reality.…
From The New York Times: June hiring surge continues long streak of growth. From The Verge: While Google steals the headlines, Microsoft is quietly betting on AI. From the NSIDC: New record low for June Arctic Sea Ice. From Vanity Fair:…
When is it OK to attack a Nazi? This should be a dumb question, but the Trump campaign has awkwardly placed this moral conundrum at the center of our political system. After months spent encouraging his supporters (including many Neo-Nazis) to…
“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil Like many disasters, it began with a great promotional idea. Britain’s leading environmental science institute was about to…
From Quartz: The science of why people insist on making idiotic choices. From Fusion: Welcome to the arrest capital of the United States. From Wired: Humanity is Killing Off Thousands of Species, But It’s Creating Them Too. From The New…
From the Washington Post: The world’s losers are revolting, and Brexit is only the beginning. From The Week: UK Treasury Secretary tries to stabilize the pound. From The Intercept: Confessions of a payday lender. From Fusion: It’s gonna be a…
Something important happened this week. No, not that other thing. Jonathan Rauch at The Atlantic published an extraordinary essay on the disintegration of our political system. This may be the first instance in which a first-tier commentator has addressed the…
From the NY Times: Supreme Court validates University of Texas’ affirmative action program. From the Guardian: Silicon Valley is pushing a universal basic income. From The Atlantic: The GOP’s white strategy. From The LA Times: Brent Scowcroft endorses Hilary Clinton.…
“Although I’m certain that no politician or terror expert would agree, I suspect that this kind of chronic low-level terrorism may be a permanent feature of metropolitan life.” Author, Michael Mewshaw An explosion rips through a bus on a highway.…
From NOAA: Antarctic passes new threshold in carbon concentration. From the Texas Tribune: New Federal rules may finally curb payday loan abuses in Texas. From CityLab: How immigration is changing Western Europe. From Digg: A reminder that nature is trying to…
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