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Pragmatism endures
Pragmatism was not eclipsed after Dewey: it has been a constant and dominant force in philosophy for nearly 100 years By Cheryl Misak & Robert […]
Inscriptions of the Aulikaras and their associates
(De Gruyter) This book gathers all the epigraphic evidence pertaining to this dynasty, meticulously editing and translating the inscriptions and analysing their content and its […]
A ‘Warrior Tradition’: Why Native Americans Continue Fighting for the Same Government That Tried to Wipe Them Out
Often lost in conversations surrounding military history — and most discussions on sociology — are the contributions of Native Americans.
The 1969 Documentary That Tried to Humanize Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family
A well-groomed, staid British family sit around the breakfast table. Two young adult children and their middle-aged parents are dressed formally, without a hair out of place. In a high-pitched voice, the mother tells a funny story about her great-great…
The First Time the Plague Broke Out in the US, Officials Tried to Deny It
At the turn of the 20th century, the world was gripped by a plague pandemic that had spread from China to port cities around the globe. So when a 41-year-old San Franciscan named Wong Chut King died of a particularly violent disease in March 1900, ther…
Early DNA lineages shed light on the diverse origins of the contemporary population
(University of Helsinki) A new genetic study carried out at the University of Helsinki and the University of Turku demonstrates that, at the end of […]
Vogelkop superb bird-of-paradise
Beginning in 2004, the evolutionary biologist Ed Scholes of Cornell University in New York and the US nature photographer Tim Laman embarked on an ambitious […]
What is to be done about the problem of creepy men?
These days, ‘creepy’ is a popular pejorative. From ‘Creepy Uncle Joe’ Biden’s hair-smelling antics to Justin Trudeau standing ‘too close’ to a tennis star, from […]
Remembering Bloody, Bloody Tarawa
“Casualties many; percentage of dead not known; combat efficiency: We are winning.” Seventy-six years ago Colonel David Shoup’s report to General Julian Smith would enter Marine Corps lore on bloody, bloody Tarawa. The battle would co…