A Genius on the Wrong Side of History: Tolstoy’s Conflicts and Contradictions
Maria Rubin in The NY Review of Books: IT IS DAUNTING to write a biography of Tolstoy. Hundreds or even thousands...
Month: April 2022
Western Dissent from US/NATO Policy on Ukraine is Small, Yet Censorship Campaign is Extreme
Glenn Greenwald in his Substack newsletter: If one wishes to be exposed to news, information or perspective that contravenes the...
‘UAE Construction Output To Remain Below 2019 Levels’
Overall, construction output in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to remain below 2019 levels until 2023, says the...
There’s More to Authoritarianism Than Cults of Personality
Krithika Varagur in The New Republic: It’s remarkable: For more than a year, it’s been impossible to describe any world...
If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned, What’s Next?
Comment By Jeannie Suk Gersen in the New Yorker: IN 2003, when the Supreme Court held, in Lawrence v. Texas, that criminalizing...
About Robaba, Kangina and Religions in Afghanistan (Videos)
Unable to use her hands, arms, or legs, 21-yr-old Afghan artist Robaba Mohammadi has defied unlikely odds in her land-locked...
How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures
As societies get bigger, we require more and more elaborate and law-like forms of religion to prevent breakdown Matthew Reisz...
Austerity and Renewables
A new IMF-approved tax regime is crippling Pakistan’s green energy sector Lee Harris in Phenomenal World: After weeks of rising...
‘Ghabrana Chor Doh’ (Video)
From 'Ghabrana Nahi' (Don't be afraid) to 'Ghabrana Chor Doh' (Doff fear) is the battlecry of Imran Khan's telegraphic travelogue...
A Theory of Why We’re All Going Nuts Online
Alan Jacobs in The New Atlantis: On January 6, 2021, Samuel Camargo posted a video on Instagram showing him struggling to...
