September, 2026Art is not an optimization problemAnya KshirsagarLook at any little kid: they fingerpaint, color with crayons, even scribble on the walls. They are not looking over their shoulder to see if someone thinks what they’re doing is pretty. But as we grow up, this...
September, 2026The meaning of terrorRohan SrivastavaWhat is Terror? I know him when I take a test worth half my quarter grade, when I step too close to the edge of the path on a mountain hike, when a car gets a little too close for comfort while I cross the road. Maybe I...
September, 2026Chasing the moneyEva Larsen • Kanishk MoghaToday, AI and other modern tech innovations have completely changed the modern work standard, bringing great productivity increases — and even greater fears of falling behind into the eternal cycle of poverty. To...
September, 2026The pinnacle of male beautyJohn Woodfield • Saanvi SharmaThe “looksmaxxing” community is the newest, most controversial trend to hit our TikTok algorithm. The community, composed of predominantly teenage boys, tries to improve their physical appearance through methods that...
September, 2026On PHS’s religion policyHarry Dweck • Uma Kleven • Franciszka CzerniakIn the past few years, PHS has designated new religious holidays as days off (like Eid-al Fitr in 2024) and the US government has introduced new federal holidays in an effort towards inclusion (like Juneteenth). This...
September, 2026Less work, more results?Despite how much educators enjoy scapegoating AI for impairing modern learning, the role that AI plays is overstated. Specifically, the deeper issue is psychological, lying within the worldview of adolescents, which...
September, 2026The phone ban isn’t bad, actuallyAsha NagOn August 31, we each lost our personal devices to a long battle: the New Jersey phone ban. This bill is not a ban on phones in schools itself, but rather an agreement that boards set guidelines for phone use in their...
September, 2026A class of cockroachesRohan SrivastavaEconomics is the science of figuring out how to satisfy unlimited wants with limited resources. For any government, the question is, “How do we decide who to give more to, and who to give less to?” When the government...
