“Off-peak” lifestyle evangelists insist on the value of being untimely, but their lifestyle depends on the rest of us staying regimented.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Consent of the (Un)governed
“Freedom” is just another word for being under the thumb of a powerful white man — for now.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Unapologetic Women
The Consent of the (Un)governed
“Freedom” is just another word for being under the thumb of a powerful white man — for now.
Posted inCurrent Events
Does Luxembourg Have Any Business Entering the Space Race?
A nation skilled in exploiting tax loopholes aims to be the first to make money from asteroid mining.
Posted inArts & Culture, History, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Sun Never Sets on Oppression and Dominance, or Why You’re More Aztec Than You Think
Aztec priests ripped out people’s hearts daily as a sacrifice to the sun, and for Sam Kriss, the contemporary West might be a lot more like them that we think.
Posted inEditor's Pick
How the Aztecs Predicted the Apocalypse
But then it didn’t happen. Or did it?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
Unlocking the Genetic Code of Poverty
The emerging science of epigenetics argues that poverty can change our genetic expression.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Story
The High-Water Mark: The Battle of Gettysburg, the Jersey Shore, and the Death of My Father
Contemplating history, family, and today’s America, Dane A. Wisher tells the story of spreading his father’s ashes on the battlefield at Gettysburg National Park and coming to terms with his life and death.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
I’d Gladly Pay You Tomorrow For a Hamburger Today, If Only My Debit Card Weren’t Frozen
Ubiquitous digital payments: harbinger of a glorious future, or smokescreen for powerful interests that want to control (and undermine) choice and capitalism?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Ireland’s Forgotten Women
In Little Atoms, JP O’ Malley tells the story of the Irish nuns who a multi-million dollar corporation exploited to help produce its toys.