Politics
"Do they not realize I like to fight?" The 6 most revealing Fox News details in "Network of Lies" | Salon.com
How R.F.K. Jr.’s Causes Made Him Millions of Dollars - The New York Times
The causes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has championed have brought him admiration, criticism — and tens of millions of dollars.
The Supreme Court’s new ethics code is an unenforceable joke - Vox
The code is so weak that it serves to legitimize Clarence Thomas’s corruption. It is literally worse than nothing.
Photography
Winners of the 2023 Natural Landscape Photography Awards - The Atlantic
Winners and runners-up from this year’s landscape-photography competition
Health/Biotech
Longevity Escape Velocity: the Theory Guiding Immortalists
Longevity Escape Velocity Theory: The idea that human lifespan is malleable — that we may be able to not only slow aging, but rejuvenate people — is picking up steam.
Sustainability
How regenerative cattle ranching can make the beef industry less harmful on the planet
Beef is a way of life in Texas, but it's hard on the planet. Meet one farmer who is trying to make cattle ranching less damaging to the environment.
Science
A Guide to the James Webb Telescope's View of the Universe - The New York Times
A stunning advancement in a long history of stargazing, the James Webb telescope reveals light where once we saw only darkness. Our view of the universe will never be the same.
Technology
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? - The Atlantic
More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.
Culture
Why Americans Are So Awful to One Another - The Atlantic
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
Albert Brooks Everlasting - The Atlantic
A conversation with the legendary comedian and filmmaker about what annoys him, how you know when something is funny, and his theory about John Lennon
What It Means to Be a Texan Is Changing in Surprising Ways - The New York Times
White people make up a declining minority in Texas, even among those born in the state. And all those people moving in? They’re as likely to be Black, Hispanic or Asian.