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Why would an interracial relationship become a dangerous political liaison? For most people, sex and relationships are private actions, but for public figures, intimate life turns into news. Add race to the mix, and it raises eyebrows. Obama had a white girlfriend in college? Sarah Palin may or may not have dated a black athlete? There are European royals of black and Asian descent? (Lichtenstein and Denmark.) At minimum, such pairings are imaginatively interesting. But why does it matter?
Author Shirley Brice Heath reveals how her linguistic study of teenagers in the 21st century shaped the conclusions in Words and Work and Play.
Joanne Ferraro discusses what the future holds as floods ravage the medieval city.
Daniel A. Beard (with the help of this video from the Virtual Physiological Rat Project) discusses how we can understand the way living systems function in the digital age.
Venice is renowned the world over for its glass-making traditions. People from far and wide visit the lively industrial island on the northwest side of the city called Murano, for centuries the center of glass production.
Natural law theory continues to be influential in thinking about jurisprudence. John Finnis’s 1980 “Natural Law and Natural Right” is said to have revived natural law thinking, and it continues to be reprinted and listed among top sellers in the philosophy of law. This trend is particularly important because of the claim of such thinkers to have separated natural law theory from metaphysics.
Author Jacqueline Rose has been crowned the winner of the prestigious Royal Historical Society 2012 Whitfield Prize for her book ‘Godly Kingship in Restoration England‘. The President announced...
Treat yourself to a micro Venice vacation this afternoon, courtesy of San Diego State University and Venice: History of the Floating City author Joanne M. Ferraro. Read More ?
Peter Singer is an influential leader in philosophy and bioethics—but his opinions are controversial at best. Charles C. Camosy attempts to explain one of the most polarizing figures in modern philosophy.
Publicity intern Katie describes her experiences working at Cambridge University Press.
Explore one of Italy's most fantastic medieval cities with this slideshow.
Part Two of our interview with Judea Pearl, as he talks about the future of causality and computer intelligence.
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