Low level sibling extortion, high level security

Zvi, as usual, is required reading.

How to take on a troll, 1950s style

This is a listening challenge, too!

Plus the Heard

Unhappy Birthday Charles Darwin

The geopolitics of our moment

A mixed mailbag

TAoN No. 207: A (generous) guest prompt from author/artist Lea Redmond. And more.

Thoughts on the latest in armchair travel (and a digital postcard). Plus The Heard

Yesterday Secretary of the Navy John Phelan spent the day talking to lawmakers about the Navy’s plans for new ships and about the Pentagon’s huge budget request only to get a call from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asking him to resign.

Dancing about ruins.

A recording from Karen Attiah and V Spehar's live video

“Noticing, I have found, is never complete.” A quick post to share some fun stuff from TAoN readers

A recording from Timothy Snyder's live video

How we got here, and where we might be going

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What's the best bad walk you've ever taken?

Watch now | Join where you can, tomorrow.

And the defense of democracy

Plus a special edition of The Heard

With gratitude and awe for all these writers

On this day in letters

A letter of condolence from George Eliot

Earth Day is tomorrow, and Liza Donnelly and I are celebrating with a drawing!

TAoN No. 206: ... on behalf of a few words. Plus a new Missing Word, "El arte de ver lo que te rodea," and more

Gather on March 28th.

And why you should. A TAoN audio essay.

A letter of complaint of note

Unlocking the Opportunity in Re-skilling 1 Billion Knowledge Workers in a Post-AI world

TAoN No. 205: How to discover your own kitchen. Plus a new Icebreaker, and more

TAoN No. 208: A timeless lesson from a favorite trickster. And more.

A recording from Timothy Snyder's live video with Ruth Ben Ghiat

A holiday top 11

Letters of Noël

In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics....

Today Assistant Attorney General Brett A.

Tonight the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) held its annual black-tie dinner, which is designed both to raise money for the institution and to provide a glitzy night out for journalists.

There is a story behind this picture from Virginia's Skyline Drive that I will write as soon as there’s a little breathing room in the news.