Paul Kingsnorth is a novelist and a critic, an environmental activist and a convert to Eastern Orthodoxy. His new book is ...

What is human nature? This is a question that has perplexed philosophers and psychologists throughout the ages. Are people essentially socially constructive and altruistic or are they destructive and ...

To our great surprise, but to the even greater surprise of Bashar Assad of Syria, his government collapsed suddenly. He and his family had to seek asylum in Russia. He was fortunate to be able to ...

One day in the summer of 1924, an anthropologist named Raymond Dart made an incredible discovery — and drew a conclusion from it about human nature that would mislead us for a century. Dart was ...

You’ve been kind. Really kind. You’ve given your time, your energy, your love, your trust and yet, somewhere along the way, someone took it for granted. Or worse, they resented you for finally saying, ...

It is that time again. Time to wonder: Why do we turn the clocks forward and backward twice a year? Academics, scientists, politicians, economists, employers, parents—and just about everyone else you ...