Click Here to Read: Our Tribal Minds Can Badly Distort Our Perception of Reality: How ancient, evolved adaptations fuel modern political tension by Eric Haseltine Ph.D. on his Long Fuse, Big Bang blog on the Psychology Today blogs on October 2, 2026.
Neanderthal Flintworkers, Le Moustier Cavern, Dordogne, France (cropped) mage: American Museum of Natural History. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Click Here to Read: A Place Among the Fiddlers: In a southwest Virginia fairground, thousands of musicians gather every August to keep a centuries-old tradition from flickering out by David Alm on the Longreads website on October 1, 2026.
Jamming around the grounds at the 2012 Galax Old Fiddlers’ Convention in Galax, Virginia on August 11, 2012. Image: Eli Christman from Richmond, VA, USA Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Click Here to Read: Annie Dillard and the Writing Life: Writer aren’t born, they’re made—from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage By Alexander Chee in Personal Essay on The Morning News website on October 16, 2009.
Photograph of American author Annie Dillard. Image: Photo by Phyllis Rose Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. 
