Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
Well, at least one did: Last fall, along with about 1.5 million U.S. high school juniors, the Yashar teen took the PSAT, which determines whether a student qualifies as a prestigious National Merit scholar. When it came time to submit his college applications this fall, he didn’t have a National Merit honor to report—but it …
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“There is nothing particular about man. He is but a part of this world.” This observation on the pretensions of humanity — cool, disillusioned, …Humanism is a heresy
In the Celtic fringes of Europe, the idea of “thin places” persists — locations where the boundary between this reality and others is claimed to be at its most fragile, even permeable. 1,952 more words Britain is haunted by Dickensian ghosts — UnHerd
For the Russians, that is, as the US depletes its stocks of its own critical weapons to support Ukraine: Some sources also raised concerns about US production of additional weapons systems, including HARMs anti-radiation missiles, GMLRS surface-to-surface missiles and the portable Javelin anti-tank missiles – although the US has moved to ramp up production for …
What was I — a lifelong Democrat — doing at an election watch party in rural Virginia, surrounded by Republicans? As Ron DeSantis, 800 miles away, …Anti-racism attacks my American Dream
When the Bank of England announced its single biggest interest rate hike in 33 years last week, and warned that the UK faces its longest recession …The bankers have launched a class war
I spent the last days of innocence before Trump and Brexit heavily pregnant. Like many first-time mums, I read a lot of pregnancy books, but the one I liked most was… 1,620 more words The tyranny of a Covid amnesty — UnHerd One thing that would come from this amnesty would be "forgiveness." I'm not sure …
Forget the Hogwarts Express. Three times a year, I get on a train at London Kings Cross and make a physics-defying journey towards Montrose in Angus, the Scottish town where I lived for the first 17 years of my life. 1,418 more words Scottish nationalism is fuelled by resentment — UnHerd Resentment is just about the …
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All of Europe is suffering as a result of the energy crisis, but for the continent’s largest economy, this is more than just an economic crisis — …Did America cause Europe’s energy war?
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