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The value of established customs and traditions are not the walls of a prison cell but doorways to new ideas.

Editor’s note: This is a published version of a talk that Richard Rosenfeld ’63 delivered at his namesake Rosenfeld Hall in Timothy Dwight College on […]

Gandhi Jayanti Special: Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, millets, and legumes, prioritized in the Gandhian diet. Additionally, he supported regular fasting and detoxification. - Gandhi Jayanti Special: 5 Mahatma Gandhi-Approved Diet Tips Gen Z Must Follow

Mahatma Gandhi, who is fondly called "Bapu" in India, played a vital role in India's freedom movement. The principles of ahimsa (non-violence) and truth upheld by him were crucial during the Independence movement. To honour the "Father Of The Nation"

“All is not well with men in America. And that spells trouble for the American republic.” — Senator Josh Hawley (“Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs,” 2023)

Love for our communities and for each other should be our guide, which means we should reject the dissemination of hate and fear that only serves to shred the fabric of our democracy.

There is such a thing as being a bad citizen, even among people we might otherwise think of as good neighbors

Francesca Borgonovi, Elodie Andrieu Social scientists have long recognised that economic growth is not just a function of physical or human capital, but also of the ability of the population to collaborate and exchange knowledge. Places where people trust each other and form dense informal and formal networks can sometimes prosper and grow well beyond expectations. Putnam  et al. (1993) classically explained differences in governance quality and prosperity between Northern and Southern Italy...

Monday, April 19, 2021   View Larger + “Never eat a meatball sandwich outside your home,” is what the old Italians used to say. And their further refrains were “You never know what they put in it,” and “Mine are the best anyway, so why would you try another? You can trust my meatballs.” I paused to ponder their philosophy. Was it their pride in believing they were the only ones who could make the most flavorful and most perfect meatball?  Or was it simply that the old-timers did n...

You know how every now and then the Musketeers and D’Artagnan would draw their swords, point them at the sky, shout “All for one and one for all” and then set off into the sunset to redress a wrong? Inevitably, their mission would succeed because, you know, they were united. This unity issue keeps rearing its head on this island of ours. Only it’s nothing like the genuine, brotherly-like bond we read about in Dumas. We saw such an example of this penchant for bogus unity, recently, when...