Why It’s Good to Love Football (Or Any Sport)
Sports provide the rarest of experiences in modern society—an escape into clear-cut-ness.
The Hedgehog’s Array: February 5, 2016
Posted on February 5, 2016
Noteworthy reads from the last week.
Against Flat-Earthers (No, Really)
We’re bound to look up to the brave, skeptical iconoclast more than the unassuming puzzle-solver. But we should resist the temptation to valorize scientific iconoclasm.
Speaking Truth to Power
As we remember the Challenger disaster, let’s not forget the engineers who tried to convince NASA not to send up the Space Shuttle on a cold morning thirty years ago.
The Hedgehog’s Array: January 29, 2016
Posted on January 29, 2016
Noteworthy reads from the last week.
Things to Do Instead of Watching the Debate Tomorrow
Read this blog post many times until the evening has somehow slipped away.