The Lansdowne Portrait: Gilbert Stuart’s New Image of George WashingtonSciArtJun 271 min readThe artist’s full-length painting of the president embodies the dignity and statesmanship that characterized both the man and the office.
Untethered: Trump orders warning signs near Smithsonian, escalating fight over historyThe president’s executive order calls for signage near the National Museum of American History cautioning visitors about “inaccurate information.”
Immigrant public benefit participation: Our estimatesBrookings finds that non-citizens participate in public benefit programs at lower rates than citizens, despite being disproportionately low-income. This pattern holds across a range of sample restrict
We have more to fear from stupid people than evil onesPhilosopher Jonny Thomson walks through 3 conditions for stupidity that destroys societies.