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If You Have To Say It, It’s Probably Untrue
If something has to be said, and said in public, there’s a decent chance that it’s a lie. Think of history’s favorite shibboleths: separate but equal; the war to end all wars; we value your privacy. Yet when these pronouncements are made, they also offer a shortcut to the truth.
Power Trip
The psychedelic renaissance often fixates on the real power of the drugs to heal, while dismissing their equally real propensity to harm. One reason: Big psychedelics means big profits, and there are already huge sums of cash flowing into the industry.
Iran’s Dissenting Voices Are Being Targeted Online
Over the past few decades, the Iranian regime has developed both well-known cyberwarfare units — such as “Charming Kitten” — and more shadowy entities for psychological operations. While the former have received plenty of international attention, the latter have largely operated under the radar.
One Day on TV: Israel’s Media War — With Laliv Melamed
Laliv Melamed discusses her book “Sovereign Intimacy” with New Lines’ Lisa Goldman, looking into how home movies about fallen soldiers have helped shape the narrative about Israel’s ongoing occupation and war in Gaza.
How Two 19th-Century Books Paved the Way for Modernism
The common concerns of two 1855 works, Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” and Shidyaq’s “Leg Over Leg” — in particular, language, equality, freedom, paradox and multiplicity — illustrate the international nature of how the 19th century wrestled with modernity.
The Ambani Gala Expands the Limits of the Big Fat Indian Wedding
The extravagant pre-wedding festivities of Anant Ambani — son of India’s and Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani — had a lineup of performers worthy of an international festival and high-profile guests from all over the world, spotlighting how weddings are occasions for Indians to signal their social status and wealth.
A Diary of Gaza’s Destruction
Now, within the hollows of devastation, we stand as we watch our worlds crumble around us. A barrage of agonizing inquiries besieges us, propelling us toward oblivion: What of safety? Of dreams?