Maduro Speaks with His Wife Aboard the HHS Iwo Jima

Last night Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were taken captive by the Americans aboard the U.S.S.

Jan 4 • Theral Timpson

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December 2025

As I Walked Out One Evening

A poem by W. H. Auden at the turn of the new year

Dec 31, 2025 • Theral Timpson

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10 Things Trump Cannot Do

In an interview with Vanity Fair this week, the president’s chief of staff, Suzy Wiles, said of Trump that he had “an alcoholic’s personality” and…

Dec 20, 2025 • Theral Timpson

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To Frank Gehry! Who Made the World Better by Refusing to Make It Ordinary

Milo (answering the phone on speaker setting while rummaging in the fridge): Oh god, Adrian, please—can we talk about anything other than philosophy…

Dec 13, 2025 • Theral Timpson

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Reason and Rhythm

Milo and Adrian meet up after the Thanksgiving holiday

Dec 4, 2025 • Theral Timpson

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November 2025

Who Ordered the Synthetic A Priori?

A little small talk about the structure of the world

Nov 30, 2025 • Theral Timpson

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Four Wine Recommendations for Your Thanksgiving

It’s five o’clock on November 19th in my neck of the woods, and it’s not too late to order wine for the big dinner—what many Europeans, with a wink…

Nov 20, 2025 • Theral Timpson

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October 2025

The Old Man and the Presidency

He had won. Barely.

Oct 21, 2025 • Theral Timpson

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In Mendel’s Garden with John Locke

Was metaphor the first experiment?

Oct 15, 2025 • Theral Timpson

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Project for Two Americas: An Email Exchange

It is June 2035 and twelve days into the 60-day public comment window on “Project for Two Americas”—a two-track blueprint being negotiated by the U.S.

Oct 9, 2025 • Theral Timpson

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I Went to See Cancer Cells and Found Kant and Locke Debating

As on many days in my time as a science journalist, I found myself yesterday afternoon in a glass-walled laboratory at MIT, where the hum of sequencers…

Oct 2, 2025 • Theral Timpson

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September 2025

Kant, Kirk, and the Cross: The Oxford Union Debates Christian Nationalism

The Oxford Union Debate: “This House Believes Christian Nationalism Does Not Exist”

Sep 26, 2025 • Theral Timpson

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