Many thanks to M.A. Columbia Journ for teaching me how to report big stories with big ideas on some of the most pressing topics of our time. Alexander Stille

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Roberto Benigni elogia Corrado Augias #latorredibabele

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I would be ok w/ decision to keep Trump on Colo ballot if the court had also greenlighted his insurrection trial so disqualification was based on proof of his crime nytimes.com/2024/03/04/opi…

Supreme Court had no trouble coming to a fast decision on keeping Trump on the ballot. Why can't it give a quick decision on whether Trump should stand trial for overturning the election? wapo.st/49WwC55

These are the scenes that the Kremlin 🇷🇺 did their utmost to prevent. It requires courage by citizens to go there and show their emotions - they are certain to have been recorded by the regime security service.

How incredible is this?

“The famous Italian diver Enzo Maiorca dove into the sea of ​​Syracuse and was talking to his daughter Rossana who was aboard the boat. Ready to go in, he felt something slightly hit his back.

He turned and saw a dolphin. Then he realized that the…

This old Portuguese commercial is brilliant

If you are interested: a great set of conversations on
Thursday Columbia Journalism Talk Back: Representing the Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Experience' Hearing from sources themselves eventcreate.com/e/sources-talk…

Art News podcast on the Sullivanians relationship to the New York avant-garde art scene. news.artnet.com/multimedia/the…

And grappled with my own complicated feelings about using monkeys in research when thrust into a medical drama myself: fortune.com/2024/01/27/ani…

And looked at the bitter dispute playing out on the pages of scientific journals and in the bureaucracy of international wildlife trade, as to whether scientific demand is endangering one of the world's primates : fortune.com/2024/01/27/lab…

For FORTUNE, I dove deep into drama surrounding the U.S.'s supply of lab monkeys...Big Pharma's great macaque shortage: A crackdown on smuggling is causing chaos in America’s vital drug development pipeline: fortune.com/2024/01/27/big…

Autocrats destabilized democracy through the tools of social media and the internet. It was only a question of time until those defending democracy used the same tools in its defense. And there are SO MANY MORE OF US!!! This clip is inspirational.

This is who Donald Trump is

This week on the Nonfiction podcast I talk to Alexander Stille about his book on Upper West Side commune The Sullivanians. We talk about malleability of the self, the nature of social control, if abuse of power is inevitable, and the potentials of communal life. open.spotify.com/episode/3x3ObM…

New Department of Data column by Andrew Van Dam looks at inequality through the lens of inheritance, using the Survey of Consumer Finances.

Conducted by NORC since 1992, “the survey provides our best measure of America’s ghastly wealth disparities.” ow.ly/RyCv50Q8SAL

Jefferson foresaw the danger of a president who refuses to cede power: 'If once elected and at a second or third election outvoted by one or two votes, he will pretend false votes, foul play, hold possession of the reins of government, be supported by the states voting for him.'

Smaller seats. Less legroom.

Out of control fees for in-flight meals, checked bags, or even carry-ons.

Charging us $25 to print a boarding pass!

Why does flying suck so much these days?

It has a lot to do with power — and how greed has overtaken our entire economy.

Art News podcast on the Sullivanians relationship to the New York avant-garde art scene. news.artnet.com/multimedia/the…

Join us for our Culture Connection conversation with journalist Alexander Stille, author of 'The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune,' on Friday, Nov. 17 at 7PM.
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