Syria, the Kurds, and the Left
February 2, 2018
Michael Walzer— When, where, and how to use force is the hardest question in foreign policy debates, and it is especially hard for liberals and leftists, who mostly just want… READ MORE
Category: Current Affairs
Ep. 44 – Why Liberalism Failed
January 25, 2018
Patrick Deneen, author of Why Liberalism Failed, discusses how the success of liberalism has led to its downfall. YaleUniversity · Why Liberalism Has Failed Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Soundcloud
The Dangers of Controlling Wolf Populations
December 20, 2017
Brandy R. Fogg— Current wolf population management strategies in the U.S are not supported by scientific research and are doing more harm than good. Gordon Haber and Marybeth Holleman’s Among… READ MORE
The First Discovery of Feathered Dinosaurs
December 13, 2017
Alan Feduccia— Before the astounding recent discoveries of avian and dinosaurian fossils from the Mesozoic of China, the only substantial evidence for the earliest evolution of birds from their reptilian… READ MORE
Cyber Diasporas and New Radical Citizenries
December 2, 2017
Philippe-Joseph Salazar— Globalism was premised on the idea that borders ought to be fluid to allow for free movements of ideas, goods, and individuals. However in the wake of sudden… READ MORE
Why the Nazis won’t come back
December 1, 2017
Daniel Siemens— Germany, like many other European countries, has recently seen a remarkable success of a newly formed right-wing nationalist party. At the last national elections in September 2017, the… READ MORE
Saving Lake Superior
November 26, 2017
Nancy Langston— My goal in writing Sustaining Lake Superior was to write a hopeful book—a narrative of environmental recovery, not just collapse and despair. But holding onto hope can seem… READ MORE
Exploring the Great Pyramid with Cosmic Rays
November 18, 2017
James Owen Weatherall— The Great Pyramid of Giza is more than forty-five centuries old. It has been broken into, explored, and looted by countless civilizations, ancient and modern. But it… READ MORE
The Four Horsemen of Capitalist Decline
November 15, 2017
Fredrik Erixon and Björn Weigel— Now, however, capitalism seems to have lost its founding spirit of enterprise. Four forces that guided the economy from the 1970s assisted in reducing the… READ MORE
The freedom of a Musician
November 12, 2017
Boris Berman— Every performing musician must have had times in his life when he asked himself: “Why am I doing it? What is the purpose of my being on stage?”… READ MORE
From 9/11 to 9/11: The Widening of the Atlantic