Why I Try to Be Kind
Not exactly news: Americans are in no mood to be kind.
The Beastly Biographer
Posted on December 30, 2025
Image: Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys in The Beast in Me; Netflix.
The conflict between biographers and their living subjects can turn deadly.
The Harder Truths of True Crime
Posted on December 17, 2025
Image: THR illustration; photographs courtesy of John J. Lennon/Christaan Felber/Shutterstock/Celadon Books.
The Tragedy of True Crime is both a critique of and a major contribution to true-crime literature.
The Legacy of Nicaea
by
Ed Simon
Posted on December 10, 2025
Image: Icon from the Mégalo Metéoron Monastery in Greece, representing the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325 CE; world history.org.
More than the teachings of Augustine, Paul, or even Jesus himself, Nicaea set the essential terms and parameters of the faith.
The Quiet Violence of Surveillance Developmentalism
India’s infrastructural turn is no longer just a national story—it’s a global prototype.
The Repressed Sublime
Among the instruments Roberto Assagioli trusted, the aphorism held a special place.
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