Over the last five or so decades, American elections have become increasingly defined by what they don’t accomplish. The ...

All across the United States, people are rising up--refusing to be complicit in the slow-motion annihilation of democracy.

In the feverish days leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Colin Powell presented his dubious evidence to the United ...

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. – Ludwig Wittgenstein A recent essay ...

Man is what he eats,” (“Der Mensch ist was er isst") is a well-known pun in German on ist (to be) and isst (to eat) from the ...

The world has entered a new climate era that threatens the fabric of civilization because it’s the reverse of the climate ...

This is the sixteenth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...

Russia’s cross-border attack on Sumy in northeast Ukraine this Palm Sunday killed at least 34 people and injured 117 others.

The West has long cherished political correctness as though it were a core democratic value. This drive to ‘civilise’ public ...

In February, the economist Gabriel Zucman posted an absolutely stunning graphic online that depicts the wealth of America ...

Across the backdrop of an entire silhouetted city: Colors arose as did the sunlight: It was impossible to enjoy the palette ...

The state of Washington recently reported that its endangered wolf population had declined for the first time in 16 years.