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The Elgin Marbles: Playing for Keeps

The Ancient Greek sculptures are a bellwether of where the “decolonization” of museums is headed.

James Kierstead

11 Jan 2024 · 14 min read

Yair Haklai on Wikimedia Commons.

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The Conned Artist

Graham Daseler 4 Dec 2025 · 10 min read

David Mamet is a white man in late middle age. He is talking and gesticulating. He wears glasses, a T-shirt, and a jacket.

Podcast #315: Marriage and Divorce in America

Quillette, Nicholas Wolfinger 4 Dec 2025 · 27 min read

Podcast #315: Marriage and Divorce in America

Russian Lies Won’t Bring Peace

Stephan Jensen 4 Dec 2025 · 6 min read

Ruined blue Orthodox church with damaged domes and collapsed masonry against an overcast sky.

More Vaccine Fearmongering

Henry I. Miller 3 Dec 2025 · 6 min read

Protest sign reading “Vaxism Is the Disease” held outdoors near street signs and greenery.

A Brief History of Inbreeding

Francisco Ceballos 3 Dec 2025 · 12 min read

A portrait of Charles II of Spain, of the Habsburg Dynasty.

How Antisemitism Returned: From Medieval Europe to the Free Palestine Protests

Benny Morris, Zoe Booth 2 Dec 2025 · 6 min read

Composite image showing a medieval antisemitic illustration beside a modern street protester holding a “Keep the world clean” sign.