Faced with the pain of grief, it’s tempting to reach for words of comfort, but Yiyun Li showed me how little they offer
- by Pia Rios
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Make language learning part of your daily life with five nifty tips aimed at building fluency in real conversations
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Knowledge doesn’t only reside in books and lectures. As Bertrand Russell observed, there’s also ‘knowledge by acquaintance’
- by Matt Duncan
Ervin Staub survived the Holocaust as a child. As a psychologist, he spent a lifetime asking how cruelty takes hold – and whether kindness can, too
- by Michael Bond
So, this weekend there was a leak of a possible peace deal. Iran got most of what it wanted in this hypothetical deal. Israel said “we won’t obey any truce in Lebanon” and, well, that’s probably the end of it, though we’ll see. I considered writing about it over the weekend, but so far every […]
The UBS Global Wealth Report 2025 revealed that Sweden — once a global beacon of equality — has now fallen to the far less enviable position of sixth place among the world’s most unequal countries in terms of wealth. How could things have gone so wrong for a country that, not so long ago, was seen […]
An Iranian animator turns her old school uniform into a canvas as she ponders the power clothes hold over their wearers
- Directed by Yegane Moghaddam
Amid the pounding bass, ravers achieve a transcendence long associated with sacred practices. Neuroscience explains how
- by Alexander Dillabaugh
This is the third in the series: 1) Freedom Under Capitalism 2) Freedom Under Representative Democracy Scholars often divide freedom into two types: negative and positive. Negative freedom is “freedom from”. From arbitrary search and self incrimination, for example. Freedom from is primarily about what other people, including the government, cannot do to you. Positive […]
Why is centrism failing so badly? Because at its heart is a mistaken idea of how politics works. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th May 2026 The biggest Brexit donor was the stockbroker Peter Hargreaves. He gave £3.2m to the leave campaign. He justified his enthusiasm as follows: “We will get out there […]
Staying silent often feels like the safe choice, but the costs can be profound. Here’s how to stand up for yourself
- by Sunita Sah
In its defeat at an international tribunal, the OPCW has acknowledged that it shunned an inspector who challenged the Douma chemical cover-up. OPCW whistleblower Dr. Brendan Whelan details the closing chapter of his bid for justice. The wheels of justice turn slowly but grind exceedingly fine, they say. A recent ruling from the Geneva-based Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation (ILOAT) ordered my former employer the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to reverse its decision to sanction […]
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 24, 2026 by Tony Wikrent Americans are leaving the U.S. in record numbers and spending hundreds to learn how to do it Jennifer Liu, May 17 2026 [CNBC, via DailyKos] …A record number of Americans are leaving the U.S.: The country saw a net negative migration of […]
The latest Oct. 7 rape hoax propaganda piece from The Daily insists that the only reason a woman at the Nova music festival wasn’t raped by Hamas members is that she had a scar – and falsely claims that “scars have a spiritual significance in the eyes of the terrorists.” In one of its most brazen disinformation efforts in years, the British tabloid The Daily Mail has published a fake news story claiming that an Israeli woman who was permitted […]
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Every society is three meals from chaos -Vladimir Lenin On May 4th I wrote that a year of hunger and famine is baked in for most of the world. This was based on the effects of Six Week War and the continued blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. But, in addition, we have the strongest […]
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The complex changes of dementia and legal concepts like ‘lucid intervals’ show why patients and families must plan ahead
- by Jessica M Choplin
Inflation peaked back in June 2022, only three months after the Fed started hiking interest rates. At that time, the Fed’s policy rate had risen just 75 basis points, and no one knew how much higher it might go. In fact, we have no evidence that monetary policy had any significant effect on the course taken by prices — […]
The Lever uncovered an ICE contractor’s phantom clients, dubious claims, and disappearing executives. Now Congress is stepping in.
Buried in Congress’s massive transportation bill is a provision pushed by the autonomous trucking industry to override state safety rules for driverless commercial vehicles.
Researchers analysed how much romantic partners agree about their personal characteristics – and where they agree most
- by Matt Huston