Category: Politics
Beef in ‘Laddus’ and the Baffling Silence of Cow Vigilantes
by Dr Syed Ali Mujtaba at Clarion India: THE Hindus were shocked to learn recently…
A History of Prejudice
David Feldman in The Ideas Letter: Over the last 100 years, the struggle against antisemitism…
What Happened When Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Went to Dhaka After the Formation of Bangladesh
From Aaj TV Official on YouTube: Some talking points and perspective of renowned Pakistani intellectual,…
Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen on How Hollywood Has Become the US Military-Industrial Complex’s Unofficial Ministry of Propaganda
An unfortunate status that Viet Nam shares with Palestine is that the war in Viet Nam was both an actual war and a spectacle for global viewership.
Retranslating Marx’s Capital
From the Jacobin: The language of Karl Marx’s Capital, which was originally published in 1867,…
Security Expert ANM Muniruzzaman: Bangladesh is Amid a Serious Security Threat
“It is important to realize that any country goes through a period of unrest, to an extent, in a post-revolution period.”
A Nazi Magazine Regularly Published Manipulated Photos and Misinformation, Long Before the Age of AI
by Daniel H. Magilow at The Conversation: (A)ccusations – that fake-looking images are real, that…
A Fun Introduction to Public Choice Theory and Polycentricity
How does order emerge from anarchy? How do human beings create institutions? Can big problems like climate change, income inequality…
The Surprising Role of Deep Thinking in Conspiracy Theories
by Stephen Gadsby and Sander Van de Cruys at Psyche: Conspiracy theories are seemingly everywhere….
Zhou Enlai: Made By the Revolution
Historian Chen Jian has published a monumental biography of Zhou Enlai that makes him the pre-eminent scholar of the contemporary Chinese diaspora.
Niall Ferguson: The Return of Anti-History
Niall Ferguson at The Free Press: According to Tucker Carlson, Darryl Cooper is “the most…
The Constitution Is Sacred. Is It Also Dangerous?
Jennifer Szalai in The NYTimes: One of the biggest threats to America’s politics might be the country’s founding document.