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Referendum on a Life in the Woods

Lara Freidenfelds
Politics & Economics
For three decades, my dad’s brothers framed houses. The three of them had a small construction business in rural Connecticut. The eldest sometimes led projects as a general contractor, and other times they...

How Dangerous People Get Their Weapons in America

Philip Cook
Politics & Economics
The recent mass shooting in Las Vegas that left dozens of people dead and hundreds injured raises two important questions: How do dangerous people get their guns? And what should the police and courts be doing...

What to Do About Trump Fatigue Syndrome

John Rennie Short
Politics & Economics
I have just been diagnosed with an illness, TFS. It is injurious to long-term health and perhaps too early to say whether it is fatal. TFS stand for Trump Fatigue Syndrome. It is caused by overexposure to...

You Can’t Eat with Us! When the Working Class Meet High-End Cooking Shows

Sarah Attfield
Arts & Culture, Politics & Economics
Like many reality TV fans, I get caught up in the drama of competitive shows such as MasterChef Australia and more recently, Adriano Zumbo’s Just Desserts. Audiences are given plenty of time over the course...

The Etymology of Protest

Meriwether Clarke
Government, Politics & Economics
This piece originally appeared in Entropy Magazine. Author’s note: The dates next to each definition are the Oxford English Dictionary’s first known recording of that particular definition’s use (in...

Can Blockchain Technology Help Poor People Around the World?

Nir Kshetri
Politics & Economics
Big Wall Street companies are using a complicated technology called blockchain to further increase the already lightning-fast speed of international finance. But it’s not just the upper crust of high finance...

Home Thoughts From Abroad: Brexit and Belonging

Laurie Cohen
Politics & Economics
I left the US for the UK 35 years ago. Since then I’ve been weaving a narrative one whose development has always seemed entirely linear and natural – to explain why I made the move, why I’ve stuck with...
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