I miss the forums. I miss the forums so much it hurts. I miss when research was about discovery and learning and sharing. I miss when humanity felt like it had...
Collections: The Universal Warrior, Part IIa: The Many Faces of Battle
This is the second part of a three part (I, IIa, IIb , III) discussion of the idea of a ‘universal warrior’ – the assumption that there is a transcendent sameness about either the…
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for …
Yesterday, former president Trump released a video celebrating state control over abortion; today, a judicial decision in Arizona illuminated just what such state control means. With the federal recognition of the constitutional right to abortion gone since the Supreme Court overturned
Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown’s first 100 days: How is she doing?
Community members say they value Brown's openness to feedback, but are still waiting to see how she executes on drug usage, homelessness and budgeting.
In Yanis Varoufakis’ latest book, the former Greek finance minister argues that companies like Apple and Meta have treated their users like modern-day serfs.
When Parisians got tired of cemeteries during the French Revolution, they conscripted priests to relocate bones of more than six million deceased forebears to empty limestone quarries below the cit…