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Donald Trump and his top lieutenants believe there is no such thing as climate change. Donald Trump and his top lieutenants are worried sick about how the melting of the ...

The Contradictions of the Venezuela Attack President Nicolás Maduro “was a disaster for Venezuela and for the entire region,” says the columnist Nicholas Kristof. But at the same time, “it is much ...

A vivid account of the creation of one of literary modernism’s greatest achievements In a 1924 letter to André Gide, Thomas Mann said he would soon be sending along a copy of his new novel, The Magic ...

The new year marks a milestone for the United States as it approaches its 250th anniversary. To honor the occasion, a Boise art exhibition will extend its run into 2026 to invite more locals to ...

You’d agree with us that the Bible is 500 years older than the Quran - variable and even much older, depending on the book of the Bible we're talking about; however, that still doesn't mean the Quran ...

Today’s Food and Drug Administration seems to be of two very different minds about oversight. For some things like vaccines, even strong data apparently are not good enough. But for other products, ...

Sanae Takaichi’s economic policies are full of contradictions. She repeats Abenomics-style stimulus despite stagflation and stagnant real wages, weakening the yen while downplaying price pressures.

Americans know they need to make investments to achieve their financial goals, yet the number of net new market participants is dropping. They increasingly claim to be risk-averse, yet many don’t seem ...

You may remember William of Occam, the 14th-century English philosopher who gave us the concept known as Occam’s razor. The razor helps us cut to the heart of seemingly complex questions by suggesting ...

The Magic Mountain was an immediate if surprising success when it was first published in 1924. It is over 800 pages long in the original German and is composed mostly of long philosophical dialogues ...