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“Winston Churchill is remembered for leading Britain through her finest hour—but what if he also led the country through her most shameful one?” Was the leader bloodthirsty?
“The world’s religions are more important for the questions they ask than for the answers they provide.” The view that esteems religion as a holder of eternal truths is shortsighted.
“The problem with our sensory world is that we put so much faith in it. We believe that we experience the world as it is, and that our sensations are an accurate summary of reality.”
With federal interest rates already near zero, the Federal Reserve is using an unconventional tool called quantitative easing—buying large assets to inject more money into the economy.
“Do the world’s incarcerated have a responsibility to save the planet? The Washington State Department of Corrections seems to think so.” The Independent on environmentally friendly prisons.
Men financially dependent on their female partner cheat more often, while financially dependent women look elsewhere less frequently, says a study on income disparity and infidelity.
“The accusation that Israel has colonialist roots because of its connection to the British Mandate is ironic, since most of the Arab states owe their origins to European powers.”
“It is a widely held stereotype that children who grow up without brothers or sisters may be ‘oddballs’ or ‘misfits.’ But new research undermines that notion.” Only children adapt by their teens.
The New Yorker chronicles the artistic development of Bob Dylan parallel to his run-ins with The Beat writers in Greenwich Village, and particularly his lasting friendship with Allen Ginsberg.
“Are we making fewer discoveries than in the past? Can war make us cleverer? The answers lie in scientometrics, the field of research that puts scientists under the microscope.”
America’s ability to sap its intellectuals, from Twain to King, of their true revolutionary fervor reaches an apex with Jack London. The beloved author lived a dark and revolutionary life.