What Truly Transcends Its Era? Comedy.
Assessing Buster Keaton a century later.
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Our Constitution Is Outdated and Needs to Be Replaced
Is the US Constitution an elitist rulebook designed to protect capitalism?
Roald Dahl and the Replacement Factory
Rewriting what wasn’t wrong.
Jimmy Carter Reflects the Best of America
Jimmy Carter was the finest president of my lifetime. When he passes, America will be the poorer.
Toxic Water Project Sparks Controversy With Navajo Neighbors
Missed cues grow Native distrust around a New Mexico research project on oil well wastewater.
The Obama Presidential ‘Library’
A monument indeed. But to what?
Whose History Is It?
A look at how the myths of American history are being enhanced and weaponized for a partisan agenda.
Anna Paulina Luna: A 4.2 on the Santos Scale
It’s only fitting that George Santos should be a 10.0 on his own scale, though it is not out of the question that an even bigger, bolder liar may come along in due course.
Why Doesn’t Our Technology Live Up to Our Science Fiction?
Why technological progress is really stuck. A look at what happened to all the cool technology that 1960s science fiction promised us.
South African Protests Against Russia’s Antarctic Seismic Ship Echo Around the World
Ongoing protests have hit Cape Town decrying the arrival of a Russian ship en route to Antarctica, accused of prospecting the climate-stressed Southern Ocean. The peaceful rallies have provoked far-reaching reactions.
Would the World Be Better Off Without Us?
A look at the shocking idea that the end of humanity’s reign on earth might be a good idea and might, in fact, be inevitable.
Japan and Netherlands Expected to Join US in Ban on Tech Exports to China
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