State of alarm
Our world is in decline. To a large extent, the tools that made Western dominance possible are growing rusty or eroding at a rapid pace
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Our world is in decline. To a large extent, the tools that made Western dominance possible are growing rusty or eroding at a rapid pace
The amazing life of 83 year-old Barbara Chase-Riboud, renowned sculptor, bestselling historical novelist, and celebrated poet, is recounted in her new book,' I Always Knew: A Memoir,' out now from Princeton University Press.
The amazing life of 83 year-old Barbara Chase-Riboud, renowned sculptor, bestselling historical novelist, and celebrated poet, is recounted in her new book,' I Always Knew: A Memoir,' out now from Princeton University Press.
"The only really nonaligned countries in the world," the president of Sri Lanka once quipped, "are the United States and the Soviet Union." What remains of nonalignment?
The most influential contribution of the Enlightenment to modern thought, after its transformation of religious toleration from a negative to a positive value, was the secularization of ethical debate. Historically, however, it would be one-dimensional—indeed wrong—to understand this phenomenon ...