Part III: David In this weekly podcast series, Michelangelo expert William Wallace discusses major works of the master. Wallace’s Michelangelo: The Artist, the Man, and His Times will be widely available...
Jonathan Weiler, co-author of Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics appeared in a podcast interview with Salon‘s Glenn Greenwald. The book — Authoritarianism and Polarization...
Questions right out of Future Imperfect are considered over at Network World with the question: “How dangerous could a hacked robot possibly be?” Read More ?
When globalization gets messy, we have a number of problems. It gets blamed for human rights violations, even while it has the potential to lift millions out of poverty. It forces us to engage governments...
Part II: St. Peter’s Pieta In this weekly podcast series, Michelangelo expert William Wallace discusses major works of the master. Wallace’s Michelangelo: The Artist, the Man, and His Times...
A new graphic novel (reviewed in the Guardian) details the struggles of Bertrand Russell in striving toward mathematical and logical truth. Funny bit: In [Principia Mathematica], the authors famously take...
A new report, reported in USA Today outlines major hazards to our national parks, with climate change presenting the greatest. The report’s data comes from Global Impacts in the United States, which...
Writing for The Washington Post, skeptical environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg discusses likely impacts of any required carbon cuts, and, crucially, the huge cost of carbon cuts versus other means of reducing...
Part I: Bacchus Art historian William Wallace discusses major works of Michelangelo’s career. This 10-part audio podcast series provides fascinating insights into the individual works of the most...
Douwe Draaisma picks novels that focus on mental disorders. Draaisma is author of Disturbances of the Mind. 1. Motherless Brooklyn By Jonathan Lethem Doubleday, 1999 Now that neurologists and psychiatrists...
Civilising Globalisation author David Kinley’s ABC News op-ed on the G-20 can be found here. Kinely writes on Adam Smith, government intervention, and the true task of responsible globalization. Read More ?
On September 15, 2009 the UN Human Rights Council published a detailed and shocking report about Israeli and Hamas conduct during the Gaza War. Israel carried the brunt of the criticism. Did Israel violate...