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Assaf Likhovski, author of Tax Law and Social Norms in Mandatory Palestine and Israel, tells us more about his latest book...
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In this book, economist Jean-Philippe Platteau addresses the question: does Islam, the religion of Muslims, bear some responsibility for a lack of economic development in the countries in which it dominates?
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Timothy H. Dixon author of Curbing Catastrophe is a Professor of Geosciences at the University of South Florida, Tampa. In his newest article Tim considers a geological time scale to discuss if we can predict when the world will see a meteoric rise in sea level, or if we are already witnessing the beginning of this rise
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In the hours and days following the June 3 rampage on London Bridge and Borough Market – a number of political leaders issued calls for travel bans and internment camps for Muslims. Predictable, maybe, but nonetheless disturbing. Any number of commentators, not to mention federal judges, have suggested the serious shortcomings of such “solutions.” My […]
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Michael Filimowicz and Veronika Tzankova introduce their recent title, Teaching Computational Creativity.
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In contemporary western society, risky behavior by male adolescents is seen as maladaptive for the individual and a serious social problem. It may lead to injury or death, delinquent and/or illegal behavior, bullying, rape, STDs, substance abuse and, conflict with authority including parents and poor academic outcomes. “The prevailing conceptual framework for thinking about these […]
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Originally posted on Tact Technology In commercials for AXE deodorant, popular with adolescent boys, its qualities are always advertised in roughly the same way: by showing that a man – however unattractive – becomes irresistible to women when he smells of AXE. This modern variation on the love potion illustrates the kind of fantasy of control […]
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Are Recent Urban Floods Related to Global Warming? In early May of this year (2017) severe flooding hit parts of the Canadian province of Quebec and adjacent US states of New York and Vermont. A short answer to the title’s question is “Probably” A short answer to the title’s question is “Probably – warmer air […]
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