Rethinking Authenticity
It is not a destination. It’s our ongoing life’s work as responsible adults.
Niamh Jiménez
· 20 min read
Long Read
A collection of 197 posts
Robert Trivers and the Riddle of Evolved Altruism
Survival of the fittest versus compassion and cooperation in evolutionary theory and politics.
Daniel Kriegman
· 24 min read
Reject the Rules of the Social Media Game
The only winning move is not to play.
Niamh Jiménez
· 20 min read
Fate, Faith, and Suffering
Coping is not enough. We must strive to live.
Samuel Kronen
· 27 min read
Go Ask Beatrice: Notes on a Dishonest Decade
An outstanding new book tells the story of a wildly successful literary hoax. But it was just one of many.
Kevin Mims
· 29 min read
Guilty and Insane
Dissociative Identity Disorder and the riddle of human responsibility.
Daniel Kriegman
· 20 min read
Lost Soul Behind Bars
The untold story of Upheaval, a prison band that recorded one of the most sought-after soul singles of the 1970s.
Max Wilson
· 21 min read
The Delia Demolition
Why is the Atlantic slinging mud at the 72-year-old author of ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ on the eve of the film’s release?
Kevin Mims
· 19 min read
Cognitive Distortions
How the culture wars came for Wikipedia’s articles about human intelligence.
Shuichi Tezuka
· 24 min read
Honorable Men
Falcone, Borsellino, and the legacy of Italy’s long and bitter war on organized crime.
Maura Cremin
· 21 min read
Why Not Polygamy?
Polygamy is a criminal offense throughout the Western world. Would making it legal be progress?
Cheryl Mendelson
· 21 min read
Roya Hakakian and How to Speak About What No One Wants to Hear
The combined threats against Roya Hakakian and Masih Alinejad suggest a broader policy of violence and intimidation on the part of the Islamic Republic and its operatives in the United States.
Paul Berman
· 35 min read
Get Ready for the Return of the Abortion Novel
The abortion novels that proliferated in the late 1960s were filled with characters who are forced by carelessness and circumstance to make the most agonizing of personal choices.
Kevin Mims
· 26 min read
Deterrence After Ukraine—A Critical Analysis
On February 24th, Russia invaded Ukraine with the explicit goal of eliminating its existence as an independent country. Why was Russian President Vladimir Putin not deterred by the risk of a response from the West/NATO? This question requires a review of the fundamentals of conventional deterrence, neglected by the
Shmuel Bar
· 23 min read
The Transmogrification of Harvey Weinstein
I was a good friend of Harvey Weinstein during his early years as a concert promoter, before he became Harvey Weinstein, movie mogul. We subsequently drifted apart, and while Harvey went on to find astronomic success in Hollywood, I worked as the chief psychologist at the Massachusetts Treatment Center for
Daniel Kriegman
· 36 min read