- Words I detest May 31, 2026
- A superb book about Gauguin May 31, 2026
- Reader’s wildlife photo (and video) May 31, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue May 31, 2026
- New Rule from Bill Maher: Let’s be Frank May 30, 2026
- Eighty years after a famous math problem was posed, AI finally solved it May 30, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: California cat fights off coyote; Dubai erects cat feeding statiions; a feral cat befriends a wild fox, and they’re adopted together; and lagniappe May 30, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue May 30, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photographs May 29, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue May 29, 2026
- “Peer Review”: A new section of a science journal that critiques articles in other journals May 28, 2026
- Should we allow people who aren’t terminally ill to undergo medically assisted dying? May 28, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue May 28, 2026
- Here are the tree frogs! May 27, 2026
- Rick Beato’s top 40 albums of all time: my take May 27, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Hafiz May 27, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 27, 2026
- Spot the tree frogs! May 27, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue May 27, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 26, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue May 26, 2026
- Turtle yoga at Botany Pond May 25, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 25, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue May 25, 2026
- Peace for our time? (. . and a poll) May 24, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 24, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue May 24, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue (and discussion) May 23, 2026
- Posting will be light today. . . May 22, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue May 22, 2026
- The reported benefits and dangers of chiropractic May 21, 2026
- I did not publish this dreck May 21, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue May 21, 2026
- Joni! May 20, 2026
- More on Colossal’s futile efforts to “de-extinct” ancient giant birds May 20, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ shahada pants May 20, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 20, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue May 20, 2026
- A federal judge takes apart Nicholas Kristof’s controversial accusations against Israel May 19, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 19, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue May 19, 2026
- Beauty is in the (evolved) eye of the beholder May 18, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 18, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue May 18, 2026
- Cat food in Chinatown May 17, 2026
- Bill Maher’s new rule: “No Jews, no news” May 17, 2026
- New surveys of physicists show them united on some scientific issues, but divided on most May 17, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 17, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue May 17, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: NASA replies to cat tweets; Oxford University’s library cat; cat screams for attention before doing front flips; and lagniappe May 16, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue May 16, 2026
- “Raising Hare”: an engrossing natural-history memoir May 15, 2026
- More criticism of Kristof’s allegations about Israel May 15, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ transformation May 15, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue May 15, 2026
- The Times ditched its public editor, but oy, does it need one now! May 14, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 14, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue May 14, 2026
- Nicholas Kristof claims widespread sexual abuse of Palestinians by Israelis, including rape by trained dogs May 13, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ a double take May 13, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue May 13, 2026
- “These people’s takes are absurd”: Rick Beato versus the NYT’s music critics May 12, 2026
- Book take: “Heretic” by Catherine Nixey: a heterodox view of Christianity May 12, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 12, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue May 12, 2026
- Falcon Cam! May 11, 2026
- A reader reports on London’s March Against Antisemitism May 11, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 11, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue May 11, 2026
- Bill Maher’s newest rule: young people and political violence May 10, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 10, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue May 10, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: Male lion illegally sold as cub is reunited with parents; three-legged cat and three-legged dog adopted together; Taylor Swift and her cats; and lagniappe May 9, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue May 9, 2026
- Words and phrases I detest May 8, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue May 8, 2026
- In which my Senator tries to explain to me why he voted against providing military aid to Israel May 7, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ othering May 7, 2026
- Thusday: Hili dialogue May 7, 2026
- Vanderbilt’s Provost Daniel Diermeier discusses the ideological erosion of universities—and the way to fix it May 6, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 6, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue May 6, 2026
- Two good books May 5, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 5, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue May 5, 2026
- Bill Maher’s new rule: “Stop making me know stuff I don’t wanna know” May 4, 2026
- Owen Jones v. Natasha Hausdorff on the Israeli “genocide” and the UK protests (and I get mail) May 4, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue May 4, 2026
- Rich Beato criticizes the NYT’s list of greatest living songwriters May 3, 2026
- Dawkins: Is AI conscious? May 3, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue May 3, 2026
- Protesting students break the rules (and the law) at Swarthmore and Cornell May 2, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: Larry the Cat finally catches a mouse; the counties that have the most cats; cat meme helps catch a cyberhacking group; and lagniappe May 2, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue May 2, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ substitutionary atonement May 1, 2026
- The newly-arrived hen is Vashti May 1, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos May 1, 2026
- Prematurely published Hili dialogue May 1, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue May 1, 2026
- Vashti is back (probably) April 30, 2026
- Anti-Jewish violence in the UK, politics, and the BBC April 30, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue April 30, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the loo April 29, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 29, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue April 29, 2026
- The NYT’s list of the best books of this century (the 21st): not much science April 28, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue April 28, 2026
- “Sukiyaki” April 27, 2026
- Bill Maher′s latest spiel: income inequality in America April 27, 2026
- Tip inflation April 27, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 27, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue April 27, 2026
- Does reality have a liberal bias? April 26, 2026
- Heard on NPR this morning April 26, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos and video April 26, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue April 26, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue April 25, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ crackers April 24, 2026
- Savannah: Day 6 April 24, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue April 24, 2026
- Our brood of ducks has vanished April 23, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue April 23, 2026
- Bill Maher’s new rule: malignant AI April 22, 2026
- Savannah: Day 4 (food orgy) April 22, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue April 22, 2026
- Savannah, Day 3 April 21, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue April 21, 2026
- Savannah, Day 2 April 20, 2026
- Have a cigar: I’m a father (of 7 ducklings)!! April 20, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue April 20, 2026
- Savannah, ducks, and turtles April 19, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue April 19, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue April 18, 2026
- More Pinker-dissing at Boston Magazine April 17, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue April 17, 2026
- NBC and the NYT appear to be duped by a discredited technique: facilitated communication April 16, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 16, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue April 16, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ a rock in a box April 15, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue April 15, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue April 14, 2026
- “Angel” April 13, 2026
- New paper by Ruuska et al: Gender reassignment does not reduce psychiatric morbidity in gender-dysphoric youth April 13, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 13, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue April 13, 2026
- Bill Maher’s New Rule: When bad people do good things April 12, 2026
- Doctors Without Borders again accused of antisemitism April 12, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ “death” April 12, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 12, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue April 12, 2026
- McCartney rehearses “Blackbird” on the day it was recorded April 11, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: Larry the Cat repeatedly causes mischief; cat jumps US/Canada border; Max the cat gets honorary doctors in “litterature” from Vermont university; and lagniappe April 11, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 11, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue April 11, 2026
- Artemis II splashes down this evening (8:07 p.m. Eastern time) April 10, 2026
- My haul from Whole Foods April 10, 2026
- Dark thoughts in the wee hours April 10, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 10, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue April 10, 2026
- Four—count them, four—turtles April 9, 2026
- Australia puts fostering “indigenous knowledge systems” as its first priority in developing marine biology April 9, 2026
- Ruy Teixiera warns Democrats not to get too sure of political victory after Trump’s screwups April 9, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue April 9, 2026
- The last Nazi newsreel before the end of WWII, with the last video of Hitler April 8, 2026
- Ducks (and turtles) at Botany Pond April 8, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ theodicy April 8, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue April 8, 2026
- Paul McCartney’s abysmal new song April 7, 2026
- An evolutionary biologist lists and discusses the ten most influential books in the field April 7, 2026
- Two “Times” obituaries for Robert Trivers April 7, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 7, 2026
- Trump threatens to destroy all of Iranian civilization April 7, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue April 7, 2026
- More touting of indigenous knowledge as coequal with modern science April 6, 2026
- Lunary flyby day: Live coverage April 6, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 6, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue April 6, 2026
- Easter homily: Baron David Frost touts God in the Telegraph April 5, 2026
- A transitional fauna shows that the “Cambrian explosion” was happening before the Cambrian April 5, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue April 5, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: “Crazy cat lady” banned from feeder ferals, gets big support; the cats of Istanbul; why cats make biscuits; and lagniappe April 4, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 4, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue April 4, 2026
- The woodies are still here April 3, 2026
- Bart Ehrman schools Ross Douthat on Christianity and how to find Biblical “truth” April 3, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ a primer on Christianity April 3, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 3, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue April 3, 2026
- Do astronauts carry suicide pills? April 2, 2026
- My article in Skeptic: Coyne vs. Shermer on Free Will April 2, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos: a paucity April 2, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue April 2, 2026
- The Artemis 2 launch is set to go in half an hour; watch it here April 1, 2026
- Rick Beato: Taylor Swift vs. The Beatles April 1, 2026
- The Supreme Court, free speech, and therapy: a big screwup by the Supremes April 1, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ question-begging April 1, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue April 1, 2026
- I may have been wrong about Bill Maher and UFOs March 31, 2026
- More wokeness from the journal Nature, and a response from a reader March 31, 2026
- The ten best-selling books in history, and what I’m reading March 31, 2026
The Archive
June 8, 2014 • 6:26 am