The crumbling edifice of higher education
National Heraldby Navneet Sharma & Anamica·8d ago
The crumbling edifice of higher education The Satya Niketan building collapse is just one symptom of a large systemic failure The Satya Niketan incident raises uncomfortable questions for those in...
How much contingency do you really need for a renovation?
TheJournal.ieby Shay Lally·8d ago
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Margin notes in the Sahil Wakode saga
National Heraldby Jaideep Hardikar·8d ago
Margin notes in the Sahil Wakode saga Student suicides have been on the rise in India. But the media spotlight misses a large penumbra of young adult stress The recent death by suicide of Sahil...
New book on Elon Musk examines the billionaire’s mind, motivation and making life multi-planetary
FOX Newsby Carly Mayberry; Nikolas Lanum; Nikos DeGruccio·8d ago
While fear of artificial intelligence and modern technology grows over concerns about job displacement, misinformation and safety, the author behind "The Book of Elon: A Guide to Purpose and...
The dark reasons behind all the Richard Nixon worship
Salonby Heather Digby Parton·8d ago
I suppose a Richard Nixon revival was inevitable. After all, the 37th president was the modern model of the corrupt, abusive presidency that is currently being perfected by Donald Trump and his...
Universe 25 and the Problem of Utopia - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby Marianne Janack·8d ago
by Marianne Janack The distinction between utopias and dystopias is often murky. In Ursula LeGuin’s story, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, a utopian society is built on suffering; Lois...
We Must Fight Health Misinformation With Empathy
Timeby Megan L. Ranney·8d ago
In November 2008, I was eight months pregnant, watching the election returns roll in. Somehow, I’d found a way to make myself even more uncomfortable: I was upside down on my couch.
The Battle to Pass a Billionaire Tax
The New Yorkerby Nicholas Lemann·8d ago
It wasn’t so long ago that Silicon Valley was, to use its own language, a major node in the Democratic Party’s network.
[Inside the Newsroom] Mary Jane Veloso made us cry and realize why we want to be journalists
Rapplerby Jairo Bolledo, Jelo Ritzhie Mantaring·8d ago
AT A GLANCE - President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced the pardon of Mary Jane Veloso, leading to her release from prison after 16 years.
'The ECI cannot become an executioner for the ruling party'
National Heraldby K.A. Shaji·8d ago
'The ECI cannot become an executioner for the ruling party' Excerpts from a chat with former Kerala chief electoral officer Teeka Ram Meena about friend and IAS batchmate Gyanesh Kumar Former...
The story of a book in Gaza: A treasured possession given new lease of life
Al Jazeeraby Lina Ghassan Abu Zayed·8d ago
Aya al-Shawa, 10, sits in sixth grade at a school in northern Gaza, holding a book she recently received and what is now one of her most treasured possessions.
What the British understood about protest that Modi doesn’t
National Heraldby Aakar Patel·8d ago
What the British understood about protest that Modi doesn’t As the Modi govt blocks protests over the Election Commission, Champaran shows how govts can respond to peaceful dissent While Gandhi...
The tale behind the Irish translation of Dracula is something to really get your teeth into
TheJournal.ieby Darach Ó Séaghdha·9d ago
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"Wenn Die Blatter trieben:" Autumn in Rilke - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby Christopher Hall·9d ago
by Christopher Hall Certain essays hit you like a thunderbolt. As someone who has suffered from episodes of debilitating anxiety, I found Freud’s concept of the death-drive as outlined in Beyond...
The Sunday Papers
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Julian Benson·9d ago
Sundays are for having the first lie-in in a month. No trips to visit family, no waking in unfamiliar beds, and, best of all, no having to wait until the hosts are up before you can get started on...
Simón Bolívar
Everything Everywhereby Gary Arndt·9d ago
Podcast Transcript In the early 19th century, the Spanish Empire in the Americas began to fracture.
Nursing home care: If Ranulph Fiennes can disappear, what about everyone else?
TheJournal.ieby Dr Suzanne Crowe·9d ago
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'I'm facing 20 days at sea – if I get to the end I'll have broken Irish history'
Irish Mirrorby news@irishmirror.ie (Liam McInerney)·9d ago
'I'm facing 20 days alone at sea – if I get to destination I'll have broken Irish history' Pamela Lee spoke to the Irish Mirror just weeks out from the greatest challenge of her career to date...
Uniquely Urdu: The language that is home to all our emotions
Open Magazineby Suvir Saran·9d ago
Uniquely Urdu: The language that is home to all our emotions I am writing a book of 101 ghazals in Urdu, a language I grew up with and have carried, like an old fragrance, into every room of my...
HistoriCity: A look at the layered history of Ozene, or Uzain, or what we call Ujjain
Hindustan Timesby Valay Singh·9d ago
HistoriCity: A look at the layered history of Ozene, or Uzain, or what we call Ujjain Ujjain’s history spans 4,000 years, from Avanti and the Mauryan empire to Kalidasa, Vikramaditya, Mahakaleshwar...
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