Skeptic Society Magazine

Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Not America’s Fate

This article is brought to you by American Purpose, the magazine and community founded by Francis Fukuyama in 2020, which is proudly part of the Persuasion family. A dangerous fatalism is settling in about America’s place in the world. After Donald Trump became president for the first time in 2016, many around the world—government leaders and analysts alike—hoped that the outcome was a one-off...

Exclusive Cover Reveal of SHAMEWRECK by Peggy Shinner

Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover of Shamewreck by Peggy Shinner, which will be published on February 9, 2027 by Mad Creek Books. You can pre-order your copy here. For readers of Eula Biss and Cathy Park Hong, essays that knit cultural criticism, social history, and personal experience to excavate the entanglements of shame, power, language, and identity. In Shamewreck, Peggy Shinner...

Renovation Romance Books to Fix Up Your Mood

I’ve always had a soft spot for renovation or construction romances. Maybe because it evokes my fantasies of having my own small home someday, maybe because the symbolism of making something beautiful from the ruins of something else appeals to my underdog-loving sensibilities. Either way, give me two people falling in love over a crumbling house slowly being brought back to life, and I’m...

1 Wardrobe Upgrades Every Man Should Make This Fall3

You don’t need to be dripping head to toe in high-end gear for your autumn outfits to feel sophisticated. In fact, it can come off as a bit try-hard. A much better option, from both a sartorial and a financial standpoint, is to have a few upscale pieces you can pepper in here and there to elevate those simple everyday looks. Think of these...

The Myth of Mommy Brain

“Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of the myths,” reads the very first sentence of Susana Carmona’s new book A Mother’s Brain. The line is borrowed from Conjectures and Refutations, a foundational work in the philosophy of science published in 1963 by Karl Popper. Carmona picks up the gauntlet. She begins with the tenacious myth that mothers’ brains turn to mush...