The Enlightenment

Can Mars Save American Science From American Politics?

Jonathan D. Moreno | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Nasa Mars, Jonathan Haidt, Creationism, Conservatives, Space Exploration, Science, The Enlightenment, America Science, Conservatives Science, Science in America, Politics News
Jonathan D. Moreno

Without a strong science base no nation can claim a leadership role in the modern world. But new evidence indicates that support for science in America is in trouble.

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In Search of the Public Good

Paul Stoller | Posted 09.16.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Debt Ceiling, The Republican Party, The Public Good, Economic Catastrophe, Limited Government, The Declaration of Independence, Lower Taxes, Thomas Jefferson, The Enlightenment, The Tea Party, The Founding Fathers, The Social Contract, Politics News
Paul Stoller

As the debt ceiling clock ticks down, we will soon find out if we are a people possessed by selfish personal desire or a people who promote the public good. In what kind of society do you want your children to live?

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Totalitarianism, Enlightenment Philosophy and Werewolves with Andrea Cremer

Andrew Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Werewolves, Wolfsbane, Andrea Cremer, The Enlightenment, Nightshade, Thomas Hobbes, Totalitarianism, Books News
Andrew Shaffer

Cremer recently spoke with me about Nightshade, which debuted on The New York Times Bestseller list in October.

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Tony Judt's Testimony on his Jewishness

Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jewish Identity, Jewish Liberals, European Culture, The Enlightenment, Hannah Arendt, Israel, Tony Judt, Jewish Right, Religion News
Carlo Strenger

Tony Judt has been called a self-hating Jew by some of his critics. In reality he was proud to continue the Jewish tradition of irreverent, independen...

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The Arrogance of Catholic Church Authorities

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cardinal Sean Brady, Sex Abuse Scandal, Bishop Pierre Pican, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Sam Harris, Wittgenstein, The Enlightenment, Pope Benedict XVI, Christopher Hitchins, Catholic Church, Cardinal Dario Hoyos, Nietzsche, Nicholas Kristof, Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa, Rev. Brendan Smyth, Rev. Frederico Lombardi, Religion News
Thomas de Zengotita

What Church authorities have been revealing about themselves, in their very words, is this: they believe they are what they say they are.

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Out of the Hell of Haiti: Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Human Rights, Louisiana, Revolution, Slavery, Toussaint L'ouverture, The Enlightenment, Haiti, Abolitionists, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

Allende powerfully evokes the events of the 18th century in Island Beneath the Sea, about a slave's journey to freedom through the jungles of Haiti, neighborhoods of Cuba and households of New Orleans.

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Our Media Are "Post-Reason," and We Dutifully Follow

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet News Media, Founding Fathers, Internet, The Enlightenment, Internet News, Modern Media, Media News
Leonce Gaiter

The web only promotes the democratic impulse if you limit the definition of "democratic" to mere participation. If you mean the ideals of democratic governance, you could not be more wrong.

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