Symptoms of Windy Hypochondriacal Melancholy

"You listen constantly, in a kind of trance, for communications from your body; it is as if you have become a medium, and your organs a company of fretful ghosts."

What Elon Musk’s Baby Name Should Have Told Us

Names are significant for Elon Musk. And now, for all of us.

Scatological Politics

The gut is a place of confusion. And yet, it remains our best guide....

We Doth Protest—Not Enough

Hey, was that a police car honking in support? Mmm. Probably not.

Prejudice Is Natural

But why is race the dividing line?

Accelerationists? Goethe Warned Us

Past a certain speed, you only create chaos.

Gut Reactions

To research Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, autism, MS, anxiety, and depression, you have to start in the digestive tract, not in the brain.

Frontenac and the French Revolution

Back then, luxury was there to be gawked at, fantasized about, tried on—and in time, marked way down, so that every once in a while, the goods were spread around.

Letters from Howard Nemerov’s Discreet Love Affair Are Finally Unfolded

The world knew Nemerov's poetry. No one guessed his heart.

Time to Revise the Golden Rule

The most universal rule humanity ever came up with, the Golden Rule was intact for centuries...till now.

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