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The Wealth of Nations is a true classic of English literature. It was never widely loved or widely read. When…

Eve is here. When I lived in Australia (2002-2004), my general impression was that policy-wise most things were done either…

Aeon, a clock built into our genes How Spreadsheets Changed America David Oks Climate/Environment Once the first reanalysis data are…

Eve is here. The fact that Medea Benjamin and Nicholas Davis have had to explain that assassinations are war crimes…

‘A predator that just lunges, grabs, stings and kills’: Bacteria deep in caves resistant to modern medicine BBC An adrenaline-addicted…

We join our friends at Liberty Matters in celebrating the 250th anniversary of the publication of Inquiry into the Nature…

“Much of Book 3 is dedicated to a historical account of how and why the feudal order that prevailed throughout…

Yves here. Rebecca Gordon gives a history of concentration camps and places our mushrooming extra-legal detention system in that framework.…

The most important change in modern warfare is not the proliferation of drones and missiles, but the collapse of the…

I’m still smoking at 95 years old! 😝 I learned two things: Never waste a good cigar.Never trust anyone who…