The case against self-help
Self-help tells us that we can fix anything with the right mindset, the right habits, the right 5-step plan. But what if that belief is doing more harm than good? Historian Kate Bowler traces the deep...
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Self-help tells us that we can fix anything with the right mindset, the right habits, the right 5-step plan. But what if that belief is doing more harm than good? Historian Kate Bowler traces the deep...
No matter what you may have heard, make no mistake: physics is not “over” in any sense of the word. As far as we’ve come in our attempts to make sense of the world and Universe aroun...
A man awakes in some kind of lab, his body riddled with tubes and wires. Nearby, a robot asks him what two plus two is. He can’t remember his name, where he is, or how he got here. At least he knows t...
For as long as people have been putting effort into anything, there’s been a push to get the most “bang” for your “buck.” More simply, it’s to get the greatest amou...
Within the span of a single generation, nearly every major civilization in the Mediterranean world collapsed simultaneously: the Hittites, the Mycenaeans, the Canaanites, the great palace cities of Cy...
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In January, the Trump administration announced that it had completed ...
This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) will introduce a bill Wednesday that aims to put a national mo...
They come in many shapes and sizes and with myriad conflicts of interest, but they share one agenda: perpetual war. The post Today’s Handmaidens of War appeared first on The American Conservative.
Will the president suffer losing his dovish supporters? The post Trump’s New Media Army appeared first on The American Conservative.
At the beginning of the Iraq War, David Frum published an article in National Review entitled “Unpatriotic Conservatives,” attacking those on the right opposed to the war—including the founders of thi...
It is time to reclaim the American republic. The post Time for Courage appeared first on The American Conservative.
The government is paying TotalEnergies to halt a wind farm it isn’t building, in exchange for fossil fuel investments it’s already making.
Tilling helps farmers control weeds and boost soil fertility. But that also degrades a field's ability to hold water and carbon.
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Drilling through 500 feet of floating ice into the Antarctic Oce...
Next week, the Trump administration’s bid to deny birthright citizenship to the US-born children of undocumented immigrants and non-green card holders through an executive order will arrive at the Sup...
Top White House advisor Stephen Miller, the longtime architect of Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policies, asked Texas Republicans last week in a closed-door meeting to kick undocumented children out...
On Monday, a federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return to the United States of a Sacramento mother who was detained at her February green card interview and...
The administration has betrayed its promise of domestic renewal for American families. The post Make Families, Not War appeared first on The American Conservative.
State of the Union: Trump claims that the U.S. is in talks with Iran, but Iran has denied this. The post Iran War Enters 24th Day: Trump Delays Ultimatum appeared first on The American Conservative.
Does Moscow plan to use microchipped birds to bomb Americans—and to begin controlling human minds? The post Putin’s Pigeons appeared first on The American Conservative.