How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures

As societies get bigger, we require more and more elaborate and law-like forms of religion…

Austerity and Renewables

A new IMF-approved tax regime is crippling Pakistan’s green energy sector Lee Harris in Phenomenal…

‘Ghabrana Chor Doh’ (Video)

From ‘Ghabrana Nahi’ (Don’t be afraid) to ‘Ghabrana Chor Doh’ (Doff fear) is the battlecry…

A Theory of Why We’re All Going Nuts Online

Alan Jacobs in The New Atlantis: On January 6, 2021, Samuel Camargo posted a video on…

Pakistan Victim of U.S. Meddling to Contain China’s Rise

“Yes, I feel the change has been abetted by USA, but even they must be…

Neuroscience Gets in the Way of Appreciating Art

Describing ourselves in the language of neurobiology has got to be one of the stranger…

Amartya Sen on Identity, Decolonization and How to Change the World

Amartya Sen recently spoke from his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the New Statesman’s ideas editor, Gavin…

Why The Past 10 Years Of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

Jonathan Haidt in The Atlantic: The story of Babel is the best metaphor I have…

Julian Assange Interviews Imran Khan (Video)

“Just watch this, and you will know why what happened. History almost repeating itself,” an…

India’s Inadvertent Missile Launch Underscores the Risk of Accidental Nuclear Warfare

Zia Mian and M. V. Ramana in Scientific American: Last month, while most of the…

Finland and Sweden Inch Toward NATO

“The problem isn’t that NATO enlargement went too far, the problem is that NATO enlargement…

A Lake in Florida Is Suing to Protect Itself

Lake Mary Jane, in central Florida, could be harmed by development. A first-of-its-kind lawsuit asks…