Month: March 2024
Why a New Adaptation of ‘The Master and Margarita’ is Setting Russian Society Aflame
Cameron Manley at Literary Hub: One of the most celebrated lines from Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The…
Malaysia Does Not View China as a Threat: Analyst Mahmud Ali at Davos of the East
“Unlike many other countries, the Malaysian PM’s perspective is so very different”, Dr. Syed Mahmud…
On Respecting the Amazon and What is Owed to the Planet
How many times do we have to use the tools of the civilization that wants…
Human Nature – Israelis and Palestinians
Looking at the issue from the point of view of Israel, Professor Kahneman says that…
How Asset Managers Came to Own Everything and You Failed to Notice
Mark Blyth and Brett Christophers discuss:
Friday Poem: Things That Collapse
by Jonathan Harris at the Rattle: Slumped in a lawn chair under a pink umbrella…
The Hidden History of Those Who Wrote the Christian Story
Candida Moss in Time: It is an unlikely success story. A first century religious leader named…
Your Nationality May Influence How Much You Talk With Your Hands
Brian Owens in New Scientist: People of different nationalities appear to vary in their use of…
Welcome to Pakistan: Democracy’s Decay: The Senate’s Descent Into Deception
by Rabia Azfar Nizami in The Express Tribune: The democratic structure of governance rooted in…
The Problematic Past, Present, and Future of Inequality Studies
Branko Milanović’s century-spanning intellectual history of inequality in economic theory reveals the ideological reasons behind…
Anyone Advocating Neoliberal Policies is Now Persona Non Grata in Washington, D.C.
Post-neoliberals are having a moment. If it continues for too long, the result could be…
Empire of the Ants: What Insect Supercolonies Can Teach Us
John Whitfield in The Guardian: It is a familiar story: a small group of animals…