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Moral dogmatism is the true enemy of free thought, says Jonah Goldberg, not ideology; attention to the facts must supersede commitment to a scripted morality.
"The Arab world today is ruled by contradiction," writes David Ottaway; extreme wealth surrounded by crushing poverty will determine the culture's future.
Great sex, a commitment to children and lots of together time are three rules of a good marriage that are made to be broken say two marriage experts at Psychology Today.
The blank slate of pop music welcomes entertainers flashy, materialistic and audacious enough to sing endlessly without really singing about anything; pop music, thy name is Ga Ga.
Researchers are using social networking sites to map the spread of flu symptoms between friends, a technique which may one day aid greatly in stemming a public epidemic.
The divide in American ideology between rugged individualism and collective responsibility can be bridged by devolving powers to local communities, says Matthew Dowd for The CSM.
"Reminiscence—not forgetting—faces extinction in a digital age that prioritizes the present over even the recent past," writes Evgeny Morozov for the Boston Review.
From Paper Monument, British culture is observed by an American writer as a reflection of his own; in both cases he sees a cultural facade papering over Empires fallen and falling.
Clarence Page sees a "radical individualism" that binds the TEA Party and the cultural revolution of the '60s, but finds practical solutions more lacking in the former.
It’s amazing to think that the work of a groundbreaking photographer such as Henri Cartier-Bresson could once be found on the coffee tables of middle class homes accross America, and […]
Given the exploding coal mines in West Virginia, apocalyptic oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, and the volcanic ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajökull glacier that stranded millions of people […]
When I was a child and decided to become a physicist, I never dreamed that I would be traveling all over the world with a TV film crew, or lecturing […]
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Unless the countries of Europe figure out how to accommodate Muslim immigrant populations, there will be increasing numbers of riots, and increasing divisions along economic, religious and ethnic lines.
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The history of the French "parité movement," and its lessons for U.S. democracy.
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What the U.S. can learn from French battles over mosque and state.
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Western attempts to ban Islamic religious garb, and Muslim attempts to censor Western religious satire may be separate issues. But neither is a good idea.
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Like Muslims, Jews were once considered "un-assimilable" in Europe. But most found creative ways to adapt—as do Muslim immigrants today.
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France’s ban on Muslim headscarves in public schools has ignited endless controversy. Which side does the "Politics of the Veil" author take?
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The "Politics of the Veil" author explains why the culture clash between "secularist" France and Muslim immigrants is rising to a fever pitch.
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A conversation with the historian and social scientist at the Institute for Advanced Study.