In a Growing International Spat, the French Govt. Has Claimed Ownership of the Spanish Steps in Rome—and the Italians are Furiosi!
A regulator in Paris earlier this month briefly mentioned the steps in a 107-page report…
Memoir: A Boorha (Old Man) On the Mumbai Commuter Trains
Habib Khan, Quetta: I had planned and failed to visit India three times, but finally…
Why Was Socrates Killed?
Socrates apparently wasn’t doing anything dangerous. He simply asked questions, spoke to anyone: with nobles, with common citizens, with young people.
History Revisited: Spanish Conquest of America
Ana Corcuella: What do you think, that with the Spanish conquest, civilization was brought to America? Here I present to you a different story.
Occupied – Stolen Lands: A Bit About Historical Ado (Poem)
Over epochs of time,By apparent design,Man cycles thru being, barbarous beasts.To being better behaved at…
Why Intellectual Humility Isn’t Always a Virtue
Intellectual humility has recently been hailed as the key to thinking well. The story of Barbara McClintock proves otherwise.
Podcast: War in the Middle East, Again
Shadi Hamid and Damir Marusic at Wisdom of the Crowds: “War, or something resembling war,…
The Surprising Psychology Behind Your Urge to Break the Rules
Paul Bloom on TED: We all experience it: that desire to do something wrong just…
The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality
Capital in the Twenty-First Century became a surprise bestseller, and inequality became a signature concern of the new century.
Researchers are Trying to Find Out: Could We Cool the Planet Using Sea Salt?
Quico Toro: When scientists bring up unconventional new ways of managing that risk, we’re told we mustn’t even talk about them.
Poem: The Pleasures of Age
by Thomas Dorsett: Nothing matters; that’s why I still work. Poems none read, translations none want; I’m prodigious as Nature is with her seeds.
The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor
Rutland was a British naval hero in the First World War, worked for the Japanese Navy in the years between the wars…