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Looking Ahead by Looking Back

Through the lens of Colin Shindler’s A History of Modern Israel, Asaf Romirowsky examines the ideology of Israeli leadership, past and present. From The Jerusalem Post One of the greatest myths in...

3 Nov 2008

What to Read on Halloween?

I’m sorry to say, but our Records of the Salem Witch Trials (yes, ALL of the legal documents!) won’t be out for a couple more months. It’s a big book, but done right. We do, however,...

31 Oct 2008

A Place for “Ruthful”

Ruth Wajnryb is WORDS columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald. Her new book, You Know What I Mean? plumbs the depths of language, and the shifty, slippery meanings of our words. Here, a meditation on her...

Ruth Wajnryb | 30 Oct 2008

Truth, Symmetry, and Quantum Computers

If the real world, at its base, is quantum, then should we not think with quantum logic? Shahn Majid discusses how the notion of quantum symmetry coming out of modern ideas on space and time could provide...

Shahn Majid | 29 Oct 2008

Commentary Reviews After Bush

Writing for Commentary, Joshua Muravchik reviewed Tim Lynch and Rob Singh’s After Bush in this month’s issue. The End of the Beginning After Bush: The Case for Continuity in American Foreign...

28 Oct 2008

David Friedman on Marketplace of Ideas

Future Imperfect author David Friedman was recently interviewed on KCSB Santa Barbara’s The Marketplace of Ideas. Have a listen! Lew McCreary, writing for Harvard Business review, recently commented...

27 Oct 2008

Loads of Author Events

We have several busy authors speaking at events this week. Will you be in NY or DC? Give your brain the attention it deserves and stop by! Marci Hamilton – author of Justice Denied: What America...

27 Oct 2008

With Powell Endorsement, Bush Foreign Policy Continues

Timothy Lynch The recent endorsement of Barack Obama by Colin Powell is consequential for two reasons. First, it indicates that Obama has survived the attacks on his past associations and leftist provenance,...

23 Oct 2008

The Surprising Provenance of French Champagne

Nothing is more French than sparkling champagne, you say? Well, not exactly. Although the wine itself comes from the province of Champagne, just to the east of Paris, the idea that a glass of champagne...

Susan Pinkard | 22 Oct 2008

NASA Space Telescope to Test New Theory of Space and Time

Is it impossible to pin down both where and when an event takes place, due to quantum gravity effects? Shahn Majid explains why this may be. In these posts I have emphasized ideas on the cutting edge of...

Shahn Majid | 21 Oct 2008

Don’t judge a college endowment by its wealth

Forcing schools to spend more of their endowments on easing tuition burdens would put nonprofits on a slippery slope. In a Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, Cambridge authors Burton A.Weisbrod, Jeffrey P. Ballou...

Burton A. Weisbrod, Evelyn D. Asch, Jeffrey P. Ballou | 20 Oct 2008

The Martin Gardner Interview – Part 5

This 5th and final installment in Don Albers’ long interview with Martin Gardner clarifies his philosophical theism, tackles pseudoscience, and glimpses what he’s up to now. Remember, he’s...

Martin Gardner | 17 Oct 2008