After Italian philosopher Umberto Eco published his first novel, The Name of the Rose (1980), to worldwide critical acclaim and instant bestsellerdom, scores of major humanities scholars started thinking about fiction as a possible genre for them too. ...
Forsaking one’s native country for another place can create an odd mix of new and old identities. ...
The protests. The raised fists and raised voices. ...
Isaac Asimov’s work is foundational to much of modern AI. But his robots were programmed to be truthful, and the programming mostly worked. ...
Book bans are about both control and terror. ...
"There are things we can do, but reducing your carbon footprint, while good, is not what will make the biggest difference." ...
History will likely list 2023 as transformative in Israeli politics. ...
Is killing Jews “the right thing” to do? The Polish government seems to believe it is. ...
In recent years, Elon Musk has executed a hostile takeover of Twitter, spread conspiracy theories and allied with high-profile conservatives. Is Musk a misguided superhero, or was he secretly a supervillain all along? ...
Most evangelical leaders who had endorsed Trump previously have been reluctant to state a preference for 2024. Now that White has, will others follow? ...
Rep. Ed Stafman believes that Republicans in the Montana legislature singled him out not because he’s a Jew, but because he’s the wrong kind of Jew. ...
Join historian Craig Nelson, author of the new book "V is for Victory: Franklin Roosevelt’s American Revolution and the Triumph of World War II," for a conversation about how FDR’s leadership transformed the United States and helped defeat the Nazis. ...