In a world full of facts, fakes, and feelings, critical thinking is what keeps us from mistaking popularity for truth.

Social psychologist and philosopher Erich Fromm writes that the hope of “1984” is to recognize the dangers of ...

Florida school choice law unfairly criticized. Why not add sewer tax to help replace septic tanks, aid Indian River Lagoon?

New analysis by the BTO suggests the UK breeding population of Little Egret is significantly larger than previously estimated ...

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Telephone interview by Bernie Dwyer for with Professor Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 28th August 2003. [Bernie Dwyer] A couple of new popular books have recently been ...

William Franklin was born in Philadelphia in 1730. His father was Benjamin Franklin. His mother was unknown. Ben brought William, his illegitimate son, into his home, that same year. Ben and his ...

A few thousand years ago, sugar was unknown in the western world. Sugarcane, a tall grass first domesticated in New Guinea around 6000BC, was initially chewed for its sweet juice rather than ...

The United States marked its 250th anniversary this year. Since its independence in 1776, the U.S. territory has expanded approximately 11-fold, and its population has surged 135-fold. It became the ...

Jon Fasman, our senior culture correspondent, on the Boston Massacre, and how it changed relations between the colonists and ...

The EU missed the turn to hard power largely because of a factor that is still shaping Europe to this day: the legacy of empire. For when, in 1954, it came time for the French parliament to ratify the ...

A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and ...