Why You Shouldn’t Work on Labor Day
Timeby Kara Alaimo4 Sept 2026
It’s Saturday morning and your boss emails you a question that can wait until Monday. What do you do?
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top 91%The absence of presence and the presence of absence | Psyche Notes to Self
Psycheby Nigel Warburton4 Sept 2026
The absence of presence Mindfulness experts tell us to be present and experience whatever is in front of us. Take a raisin, observe its wrinkles, smell it, taste it carefully in a conscious mode.
Why Western democracy is ailing and how to fix it | Aeon Essays
Aeonby Les Coleman4 Sept 2026
Listen to this essay 21 minute listen If the people around you are spiteful and callous and will not hear you, fall down before them and beg their forgiveness; for in truth you are to blame for...
The Principled Cynicism of “By Any Means”
The New Yorkerby Richard Brody4 Sept 2026
In a way, the most important review of “By Any Means” is a synopsis, because the film, as a title card declares, is “based on true events,” and the events themselves are unspeakable and need to be...
The Current and Anxious State of Childhood
The New Yorkerby Joshua Rothman4 Sept 2026
Early in the psychologist Peter Gray’s new book, “Restoring Childhood: How to Set Kids Free in the Age of Anxiety,” he proposes a thought experiment.
Milei seizes on Trump remarks to revive Argentina’s Falklands claim
El País Englishby Javier Lorca4 Sept 2026
Perhaps more than ever before, Javier Milei departed from his trademark closing slogan. He left out the familiar “Long live freedom, damn it” and replaced it with “Long live the homeland.” Nor was...
Have you got what it takes to be one of the GREATS...
Mail Onlineby Roger Alton4 Sept 2026
- Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings by Jared Diamond (Allen Lane £25, 288pp) In MARCH 1930, a rising politician was in a car travelling over a crossroads in Munich.
Data from drones in Ukraine is fueling a new Wild West marketplace
MIT Technology Reviewby Cory Alpert4 Sept 2026
Battlefields in Ukraine are littered with the remnants of drones, which are now firmly established as a critical weapon of modern warfare.
‘Professors fear they could get in trouble for what they teach’: State laws bring censorship to US universities
El País Englishby Maye Primera4 Sept 2026
Teaching Plato’s Symposium under Texas education rules cost Dr. Martin Peterson his position as a philosophy professor at Texas A&M University.
Amid row over remarks on women, Kanthapuram urges followers not to be ‘provoked' into controversies
The Hinduby PTI4 Sept 2026
Islamic scholar Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar, facing criticism over his alleged anti-women remarks, on Friday (September 4, 2026) urged his followers not to be provoked or allow “spiritual...
Check Your Head - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby Jim Hanas4 Sept 2026
by Jim Hanas When I interviewed the author George Saunders years ago, he told me that his work was an attempt “to figure out a way that the spiritual would not be full of shit.” A tall order in an...
JONATHAN TURLEY: Talarico brings a touch of Trotsky to the Texas Senate race
FOX Newsby Jonathan Turley4 Sept 2026
Senate Democratic nominee James Talarico appears ready to bring a touch of Trotsky to Texas. In a video from a climate forum, Talarico is shown declaring capitalism an "oppressive system" linked...
Is Australia’s school system ‘anti-boy’?
The Conversation Australiaby Amanda Keddie, Professor of Education, Deakin University4 Sept 2026
Nationals leader Matt Canavan says boys are “sick and tired of the feminisation” of Australia’s curriculum.
Pawan Kalyan has power; can he prove he can govern?
The South Firstby R Dileep Reddy4 Sept 2026
Synopsis:Andhra Pradesh’s politics cannot be transformed by personal popularity alone. Pawan Kalyan’s present approach works if he only wants to remain an influential Deputy Chief Minister.
Robert Harris returns to Rome in this week's literary fiction
Mail Onlineby Claire Allfree4 Sept 2026
Agrippa by Robert Harris (Hutchinson £22, 384pp) The Roman general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was one of the most fearsome and effective generals in the dying days of the Roman Republic.
The enduring power of Fourth Estate
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau4 Sept 2026
The role played by the media, whether print, electronic or social, has long been regarded as integral to the polity of a civilised country, particularly in India, where democracy is the form of...
The news pages that shaped perspectives
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau4 Sept 2026
‘The Hindu’ — perhaps the two most vivid words I remember from my childhood. Every morning, an English newspaper arrived at our doorstep, along with an Urdu paper that my father read.
So Spin Me, Baby, One More Time! - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby Carlota Figueroa4 Sept 2026
by Carlota Figueroa Have you ever heard of a particle’s spin before? If you have, I bet that the first time you were introduced to this concept you were told to imagine a ball that spins on its...
Why Kanthapuram’s take on Muslim women goes against Islam’s own history
The News Minuteby Mariya Salim4 Sept 2026
I was reminded of my time in Mecca this year while performing Hajj in May, walking shoulder to shoulder with men during most rituals, from stoning the ‘shaitan’ to circling the Kaaba during Tawaf...
Glo's "Never Settle for Less” and the courage to choose more, By Arinze Anapugars
Premium Timesby Press Release4 Sept 2026
As Globacom unveiled a new campaign philosophy, Never Settle for Less, in Lagos recently, the thought in the minds of many in the audience was the several moments in their lives when the familiar...