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Showgirl, Status, and the Crisis of Cultural Trust

Tallulah Knill Allen December 12, 2025

When news of Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” first hit the airwaves, it seemed to have all the makings of a classic Swiftian

“Fiat Lux” Darkens With Peyrin Kao’s Firing

Elias S. Myers December 8, 2025

On Thursday last week, campus leadership dismissed UC Berkeley lecturer Peyrin Kao — the latest casualty in the administration’s war on Berkeley’s free speech foundations.

Bob Dylan’s Model Political Art

Elliot Harvey December 7, 2025

“I have never written a political song. Songs can’t save the world.” – Bob Dylan In 1961, Bob Dylan arrived in New York City to

The Future is for Sale on Polymarket

Will Baker December 6, 2025

The 2024 U.S. presidential election was one of the most disheartening nights of the last year. It was also the first time I heard about

How Judicial Philosophy Is Reshaping America

Mahika Reddy December 4, 2025

The Supreme Court’s recent decisions in favor of Trump’s policies have set off a wave of public anger and frustration. Many Democrats see a blatantly

Is Political Violence Ever Okay?

Arhat Pamidi November 8, 2025

Slavery in the United States was a violent regime built on the systemic dehumanization of enslaved Black people. White slaveholders stripped Black people of their

Zen Buddhism In The Name Of Corporate America

Luke Jeon November 5, 2025

The road on Tiananmen Square is gray, but every once in a while, it will turn green. And if you are attentive, you will notice

“Beauty Will Save the World”

Elliot Harvey October 29, 2025

What did Fyodor Dostoyevsky intend by his best-known words? What is beauty, what will it save us from, and how? In the century and a

Social Media and the Over-Democratization of Debate

Mahika Reddy October 29, 2025

We all engage in casual forms of debate almost constantly, and free argumentation is so integral to our daily decision-making that it’s only natural for

Your Party, Their Problems

Will Baker October 27, 2025

Only two months after its founding, MP Zarah Sultana was already calling the UK’s newest political party a “sexist boys’ club.” Her antagonism was surprising

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