Category: Opinion

Hatred Alone is Immortal

Why we should be concerned, above all, with the education of the passions. Alan Jacobs…

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Art

William Deresiewicz in Salmagundi: Art is useless, said Wilde. Art is for art’s sake—that is, for…

Pakistan Needs a Plan

Noah Smith at Noahpinion: Pakistan is a vast country of 231.4 million people. It’s one…

Is the State Here to Stay?

Jonathan S. Blake in Boston Review: In early 2022, the Economist decried “governments’ widespread new fondness for interventionism.”…

Bubbles | بلبلے

Scientists say that when a thin sphere of liquid encloses air or another gas, it…

Where Western and Indian Philosophy Meet

Schopenhauer is not a reliable guide to the Upanishads. Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad in IAI on Comparing Western…

The Atlantic Ocean is Headed for a Tipping Point

Once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within…

When Democracy Ails, Magic Thrives

West German witchcraft trials after World War II reveal how political rupture can fuel magical…

The Trouble With Old Men

Samuel Moyn in Granta: Gerontocracy is as old as the world. For millennia, to greater…

Elections 2024: What the Intl. Media Had to Say

Dawn.com looks at some of the reporting and analysis from across the globe on the…

Elections in Pakistan: Adil Najam Shares His Views

Adil Najam is a Pakistani academic, former Vice Chancellor @LifeAtLUMS (Pakistan). Presently, he serves as…

Elections 2024: Form 45 and Form 47

A meme and a cartoon…