Saturday, 2 July 2022

Africa

Chinese-owned mines force African workers into unsafe conditions, often don’t pay.




Giant Snails That Can Grow As Big As Rats

 Put Florida town into quarantine—invasive creatures carry a parasite that causes meningitis in humans.



We Cannot Let English Literature Die Out

Some universities are suspending their English literature courses. This is a disaster for the humanities.




Is America About to Break Apart?

The institutions that used to unite the country now bitterly divide it.



The Lost ACLU Lecture of Carl Sagan

Around 1987, Sagan gave an uncannily prescient lecture to the Illinois state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.



Monday, 27 June 2022

America in a World of Limits

In truth, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine does not change the fact that America’s global power position is constrained