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The Real Monkey Business: What the 1925 Scopes Trial was actually all about
Next month, America will celebrate the centenary of the Scopes Trial, the so-called 1925 “Monkey Trial” on evolution that riveted a nation. Although …
1 year, 3 months ago
The Michael Douglas Trap: What Is Wrong with Men
Don’t blame women. Men are failing spectacularly and it’s totally their own fault. In What Is Wrong with Men, cultural critic Jessica Crispin borrows…
1 year, 3 months ago
The $200 billion dilemma: Is Bill Gates helping or harming Africa?
So I get why Jeff Bezos isn’t popular in Venice this week. But why would Africans in general, and Kenyans in particular, not love Bill Gates after th…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Architecture of Terror: Rafia Zakaria on Trump, Miller, Israel, Iran and Gaza
Are Donald Trump and Steven Miller terrorists? Pakistani-American lawyer and author Rafia Zakaria argues that their willfully cruel immigration polic…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why Elections Aren't Always Democratic: Challenging American Political Science's Founding Myth
In today’s age of authoritarian plutocracy, the UCLA political theorist Natasha Piano argues that we need to rethink the supposed “elitist” school of…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Virtuous Side Of Silicon Valley: How Jimmy Chen is Building Tech to Help the Poorest America
Yes, there still are some well meaning folks in Silicon Valley. Take, for example, Jimmy Chen, founder and CEO of Propel, an app designed to simplify…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Tragic Paradox of Survival in Auschwitz: The Mystery of Primo Levi
Can we ever really know Primo Levi? We know his books, of course, especially If This Is A Man, the astonishing account of his survival from Auschwitz…
1 year, 3 months ago
A Known Unknown: Harry Freedman on Bob Dylan's Jewish Roots
Yesterday, The Talking Heads, today, Dylan. The Great Man’s Jewish identity has long been overshadowed by his pantheistic status as American prophet.…
1 year, 3 months ago
Burning Down The House: Do The Talking Heads Still Matter?
Do The Talking Heads, the quinessential art school band of the East Village scene of the 1970’s, still matter? Very much so. At least according to th…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why Being a 'Good Woman' Is Making Women (and Men) Miserable
What does it really mean to be a “good woman”? For the controversial podcaster and writer Elise Loehnen, female goodness is a misery trap. And so rec…
1 year, 3 months ago