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A Life of Nietzsche Turns the Spotlight on an Idol Long Misunderstood
By Parul Sehgal, The New York TimesNov. 1, 2018ImageCreditCreditAlessandra Montalto/The New York TimesAll his life, Friedrich Nietzsche hated being photographed. Execution “by the one-eyed Cyclops,” he...
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Academia is a cult
By Andrew MarzoniAndrew Marzoni is a writer, editor and musician in Brooklyn.November 1, The Washington PostAs a teenager growing up in the Living Word Fellowship, an international Christian...
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Americana: "Single is a terrible thing to waste" ... - Note for a Discussion,...
blog.gotinder.comSingle has Spoken08 OCTOBER 2018And it’s making no apologies.As the dating app with the largest community of singles, Tinder has a front-row seat to what’s trending in dating culture....
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Thinking Clearly About Immigration - Note for a Discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
International engineering students at Portland State University.CreditCreditLeah Nash for The New York TimesBook review by Kay Hymowitz, Oct. 31, 2018MELTING POT OR CIVIL WAR? A Son of Immigrants Makes...
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A Modest Proposal to solve the El Salvador "Caravan" crisis: Why not declare...
On the Caravan, seeimage fromImage from; the below does not suggest selling children as food, but it does echo a criticism of "heartless attitudes towards the poor." From Wikipedia: In addition to the...
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Kitty O’Neil, deaf daredevil who became ‘world’s fastest woman,’ dies at 72
Stunt performer and daredevil Kitty O’Neil in 2005, with some of the items from her past at the Eureka Pioneer Museum in South Dakota. (Russ Keen/Aberdeen American News via AP)By Harrison Smith, The...
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Artificial Intelligence Hits the Barrier of Meaning
Machine learning algorithms don’t yet understand things the way humans do — with sometimes disastrous consequences.By Melanie Mitchell, The New York TimesMs. Mitchell is Professor of Computer Science...
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Image: Central American migrants begin their morning trek toward the United...
washingtonpost.com [JB comment: An image worth a thousand words]Central American migrants begin their morning trek toward the United States on Monday from Cordoba, Mexico. (Rodrigo Abd/AP)
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Ignorance Asks ...
image fromIs it not time to update/copulate -- in an arguably drastic way -- our sadly dated, political system in the USA?Ask the "founding fathers," were they still alive ...
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Overheard at the local DC supermarket: "Why does the American media despise...
image fromPerhaps because our Trump commander in chief reminds us who we Americans (the bicoastal elite included) really are?
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The two faces of national unity - Note for a Discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Eric Terzuolo, The Hill; see also (1)What should political leaders do at moments of crisis and danger? Appeal for national unity, of course. It’s a no-brainer. President Trump does not always say the...
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A guide to cooking mushrooms, for lovers and skeptics alike
By Becky Krystal, The Washington Post November 9 at 10:00 AM; original article contains links and and an additional illustrationAh, mushrooms. Not quite animal, vegetable or mineral, but something kind...
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Lime issues global recall of one of its electric scooter models amid fears it...
By Peter Holley, The Washington Post, November 10 at 11:21 AM; original article contains links and additional illustrations(Peter Holley/The Washington Post) ((Photo courtesy of Peter Holley/The...
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The Call to Care for Aging Parents Comes Sooner Now More millennials are...
Clare Ansberry, The Wall Street Journal, updated Aug. 6, 2018 4:01 p.m. ETMore millennials are responsible for their parents and grandparents, sometimes derailing careers and family life.Adrienne...
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What’s the one big lesson from the midterms? That there is no one big lesson.
washingtonpost.comBy Ana Marie CoxAna Marie Cox is the host of Crooked Media's "With Friends Like These."November 9 at 3:40 PMHumans, and even political pundits, have a natural inclination to create...
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When World War I ended
Victor Davis Hanson, The Washington Times, Wednesday, November 7, 2018; see also John Brown, "Janus-Faced Public Diplomacy: Creel and Lippmann During the Great War," article in Deborah L. Trent,...
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Five myths about cable news
The Washington Post, November 9President Donald Trump greets Fox News host Sean Hannity at a Make America Great Again rally in Missouri on Monday. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)No, Fox News didn’t...
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A Defeat for White Identity - Note for a Discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
What the midterms tell us about racial backlash and economic populism.By Ross DouthatOpinion Columnist, The New York TimesNov. 10, 2018ImageSupporters watched President Trump enter the Make America...
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In Russian Village Swallowed by Sand, Life’s a Beach. Just Not in a Good Way
The New York Times; please consult the original text for full-scale photographs.A house submerged in sand in Shoyna, Russia.CreditCreditSergey Ponomarev for The New York TimesRUSSIA DISPATCHIn Russian...
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