The Water Dipper

Piers Gelly describes how students responded when he invited AI into their classroom.

Sally Thomas remembers the wry and wonderful formalist poet Jane Greer.

Grace Russo isn’t impressed with her alma mater’s AI assistant.

Jen Pollock Michel describes what she’s learned while caring for her aging mother.

“Food Is Not Magic.” Garth Brown probes the oddities that ensue when people conscript food into an ideological project: “Contradictions and superficiality do not discredit the claim that the modern food system…

Matthew Crawford points out that much new technology today only adds layers of friction rather than actually solving a problem.

Bianca Bosker dives into the weird and disturbing world of making creatures.

"In fact, MacIntyre’s work is extreme, but we live in extreme times."

“Remembering Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025).” Christopher Kaczor remembers the life and legacy of his teacher: “I have never met, nor do I ever expect to meet, a philosopher as fascinating as the author…

“The Good Life, According to Gen Z.” Maya Sulkin talks with several Gen Zers who, in good Porcher fashion, left the big-city corporate rat race to move back home: “In college, Zosha’s…

“How Major League Baseball Lost its Soul.” Bill Kauffman may be biased, but at least he’s honest: “I highly recommend Homestand, Will Bardenwerper’s new book contrasting the community-enhancing qualities of grass-roots baseball…

“We are Letting Schools Poison our Children.” Hadley Freeman has some harsh (but accurate) critiques of ed tech: “You don’t need to be Mr Gradgrind to be repulsed by this gamification of…