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From Polybius's cyclical theory of civilizational collapse and the enduring logic of Stoicism to the economic philosophy of Henry George and the satirical genius of Jonathan Swift, Trill News publishes essays and opinion pieces that take ideas seriously. We explore the philosophical frameworks, ideological currents, and macro thinking that explain why the world works the way it does.
After two successive women lost the race for president — and with the GOP increasingly claiming the testosterone-fueled “manosphere” — a lot of Democratic insiders are starting to worry the party is a bit too low-T. E...
Read article →In conjunction with OpenAI, here is a short piece by me on how to use GPT Pro for travel and a few other matters. Excerpt: 6. Learn what to look for in an art museum I’m visiting the Detroit Institute of Arts. W...
Read article →Israel has long sought to gain a military advantage by degrading its adversaries’ military capabilities outside of times of direct conflict.
Read article →This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Th...
Read article →Here is the audio, video, and transcript. Here is the episode summary: Joanne Paul is a historian at the University of Sussex, author, and a go-to Tudor expert on YouTube. She tells Tyler she’s drawn to the 16th...
Read article →Two recent Supreme Court rulings suggest the high court is so pro-gun it has decided it must also be pro-drugs.
Read article →In the almost year and a half since returning to the presidency, Donald Trump has found plenty of ways to enrich himself and his family and friends. But one scheme in particular, a cryptocurrency venture called World ...
Read article →If you want to help, an aid expert advises you to donate cash to nonprofits involved in local rescue and recovery efforts.
Read article →The uncertainty of Haitian TPS status in the US is a significant source of stress for Haitian migrants, particularly women.
Read article →One of President Donald Trump’s core political positions has always been that US allies should pay more for the benefits they receive from US military power. This has included demanding that South Korea and Japan pay ...
Read article →Due to travel I have not had time to read this detailed report, but it is getting very good reviews The post Azeem Azhar (and others) on the state of the AI economy appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.
Read article →Both faults are along plate boundaries that move in similar ways and have ruptured in enormously destructive earthquakes in the past.
Read article →This story was originally published in The Highlight. To get access to member-exclusive stories like this every month, become a Vox Member today. Caitlin Squier-Roper, 45, recently discovered an intriguing c...
Read article →1. Can we make respiratory infections a thing of the past? 2. The new balance of power across companies and governments. 3. Using AI to find Brazil’s next soccer star? (NYT) 4. Token resale markets in everything. 5. A...
Read article →College tuition has not significantly risen since 1990, at least compared to tuition changes over the previous decades.
Read article →The political world is in a frenzy over left-wing challengers’ wins in New York City’s primaries Tuesday. Leftists are overjoyed, and think they’re beating back the Democratic establishment. Many on the right and cent...
Read article →This is not a one-year blip. The US has been underperforming in terms of health, education and more for the past 25 years.
Read article →From the Civil War to the Cold War, existential fears have fueled claims that America is a Christian nation, a historian of US Christianity explains.
Read article →Zohran Mamdani just took his first steps toward remaking the national Democratic Party. The New York City mayor took on his state’s Democratic establishment in three key congressional primaries Tuesday — and in all th...
Read article →The latest issue of Works in Progress is superb. Every article is interesting. Chris Gillett points out something surprising: the US has plenty of electricity generation capacity ready to go, the problem is connecting...
Read article →Landor v. Louisiana highlights the religious rights of the nearly 2 million people imprisoned in the US – and how challenging it can be to protect those rights.
Read article →A Louisiana prison committed one of the most obvious violations of a man’s religious liberty that has ever made its way to the Supreme Court. Damon Landor is a Rastafari who, for religious reasons, does not cut ...
Read article →The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 represents the most significant reform of the U.S. income tax code since the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Previous analyses of the TCJA’s economic impact often rely on estimates bas...
Read article →At a time when Americans disagree deeply over the meaning of citizenship, belonging and education, summer camps remain places where visions of the nation are communicated to young people.
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