If you compare Mexico to Iceland on almost any basic counting metric, you’d probably conclude that the aggregate achievements of Mexico are dramatically more impressive.
The whole notion of “misinformation” as conventionally construed has taken some blows lately, including scandals in the misinformation research field and, more importantly, some great work from Brendan Nyhan, Emily Thorson, and co-authors…
This week, I’m recommending Steve Teles’ essay “Beyond Academic Sectarianism,” which pleads with America’s professor community to take concerns about ideological homogeneity undermining the purpose of the university seriously.
It’s a federal holiday, which means no full-length post. But there was a question in last week’s poll that I personally thought was interesting, so even though it wasn’t the winner, I’m going to share a bonus answer here today.
Last week, Donald Trump blurted out at a meeting with congressional Republicans that he favors switching to a McKinley-style system in which the American government relies on tariffs for all of its revenue. This reminded of a larger point…
The growing frequency and scale of wildfires represents a remarkable danger to wildlife habitats and to the health of almost everyone across the US. Fires have reversed decades of advancements in air quality, polluted our drinking water,…
As a recommendation this week, I really liked Noah Smith’s piece about the limits of relying on tourism as a way to learn about other countries but also the value of travel as a way to motivate questions that you might look into. Another…