“Ghazal of Bones” By Ebuka Stephen
I heard the night feels lonely, too, when the birds choose to leave their nests. I feel the same way but only skin cuddles my bones. … Continue reading“Ghazal of Bones” By Ebuka Stephen
Poem: Goodbye
Goodbye your foulness you poisoned the airyour presence was rot your exit a prayer. Like the trash can may you be kicked down the streethistory won’t forgive and may future
Why Migrants Matter
Zeno, the founder of Stoicism, was subjected to disparaging comments because of his migrant status and his Phoenician ethnicity. … Continue readingWhy Migrants Matter
How the Human Brain Contends With the Strangeness of Zero
Zero, which was invented late in history, is special among numbers. New studies are uncovering how the brain creates something out of nothing. … Continue readingHow the Human Brain Contends With the Strangeness of Zero
All History is Environmental History
…and that includes both environmental effects on societies and those societies’ impacts on the environment. … Continue readingAll History is Environmental History
The Future of Political Science
Impotence Through Relevance? Faustian Bargains, Beyond Impact and the Future of Political Science. … Continue readingThe Future of Political Science
Ghulam Mustafa On Mathematical Knot
A knot is a circle embedded in three dimensions. Circle is a knot called an unknot. Given a knot, can it be unknoted? … Continue readingGhulam Mustafa On Mathematical Knot
Autocracy, Kleptocracy and the Threat to Democracy
The Dictators Who Want to Run the World provides an incisive exposition and analysis of how autocrats function in the world today… … Continue readingAutocracy, Kleptocracy and the Threat to Democracy
Noam Chomsky on How America Sanitizes the Horror of Its Wars
Noam Chomsky, the Author of “The Myth of American Idealism” Explores the Origins of America’s Hegemonic Foreign Policy. … Continue readingNoam Chomsky on How America Sanitizes the Horror of Its Wars
Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” is Bad Art. But At Least It’s Art.
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis has inspired much reflection about creativity, commerce, the freedom of the artist and the state of Hollywood. … Continue readingFrancis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” is Bad Art. But At Least It’s Art.
Poem: Whom I Write For
I write for the young man, demented, who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima; I write for Nasser and Ben Gurion; For Krushchev and… … Continue readingPoem: Whom I Write For
H.G. Wells ‘Land of the Blind’
Shazia Shazia: In this story, the author tells us about a strange disease – joint disease spread in a remote village isolated from the world. … Continue readingH.G. Wells ‘Land of the Blind’