The web’s top three #58
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
“We contain the other, hopelessly and forever”: Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
In Dear Edward, Ann Napolitano writes the beautiful recovery story of Edward Adler, “the miracle boy” who works hard to overcome the unimaginable. Edward “Eddie” Adler is a twelve-year-old...
“Gloriously extreme”: Infinity Pool review
Never forget how much the super-rich despise you. Never forget that the contempt they hold you in is worse because it isn’t even deliberate. Never forget that they are so out of touch, so insulated...
Iranians v. Iranians?
Last month, Global Comment published an article by Simin Fadaee, which is about the killing of Mahsa Amini and the widespread protests of Iranians after this incident. The writer has made references...
Why banning LGBTQ+ books does everyone an injustice
Some people never seem to rest in their attempts to stop young people from knowing that queer people exist. And contrary to popular belief, this is not just a US-based problem in the West - and even...
The web’s top three #57
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
Trump’s indictment stretches US legal system in new ways – a former prosecutor explains 4 key points to understand
Jeffrey Bellin, William & Mary Law School When former President Donald Trump turns himself over to authorities in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, and is arraigned, the charges on which a...
Do new art collectors prefer to invest in pieces in the metaverse?
Has the creative process died or has it evolved in favor of other techniques? This is the debate that has been generated in recent days in the art world, after a work made by an artificial...
As the star of the the FBI/Fat Ass Incident, I have things to say
Out of all of the dumb things that have happened to me lately, nothing bewilders me more than the Russian-American woman who threatened me with the FBI and then called my ass fat. It’s bewildering,...
Montenegro: the end of Europe’s longest-serving autocrat
There is a European country whose leader has been in power since 1990, four years longer than Belarus’ strongman Alexander Lukashenko. This weekend, the game for Montenegro’s President Milo...