In the lead-up to the 2008 election, Nate Silver revolutionized the way we talk about politics, bringing cold, hard, numerical facts to a world that had been dominated by the gut feelings of reporters and opinion columnists.| The Point Magazine
As 2024 comes to a close, we’re proud to present our most-read essays of the year, listed below in reverse order.| The Point Magazine
Since 1999, Edwin Frank and a handful of colleagues have published more than five hundred titles noteworthy for their excellence, latitude and cosmopolitanism.| The Point Magazine
In the past decade or so, there’s been a flowering of philosophical self-help—books authored by academics but intended to instruct us all.| The Point Magazine
I know that I’m supposed to hate Elon Musk.| The Point Magazine
There is a minor grievance I have been nursing for some time now, against a friend who uninvited me from a party he threw.| The Point Magazine