The Betrayal of East Pakistan Summary and Analysis
What if everything you were told about the 1971 war was a carefully constructed lie? What if the man who … Read more
Politics
The Great Divergence by Timothy Noah
Do you ever feel like you’re working harder than your parents did, yet falling further behind financially? You’re not imagining … Read more
The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman: A Book Review
Do you ever wonder why the American Dream feels increasingly out of reach for so many people, even as the … Read more
Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power by Noam Chomsky
Can a society truly call itself a democracy when a fraction of one percent holds more wealth than the bottom … Read more
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
Ever wonder why you feel a knot in your stomach every time you see a news headline about nuclear tensions? … Read more
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen, Minute-by-Minute Account of How the World Could End
Did you know that the U.S. president has just six minutes to decide whether to launch nuclear weapons after an … Read more
The Filter Bubble Book Review: Why You’re Probably Not Seeing the Full Internet
Can you really trust what shows up in your Google search results? Or has the internet quietly built a personalized … Read more
Fearless Beatrice Faust: Why Beatrice Faust’s Most Controversial Views Still Make Feminists Uncomfortable
Did you know that the woman who founded Australia’s most successful feminist lobby group also defended paedophiles, dismissed rape as … Read more
Common Sense by Thomas Paine Book Review: The 1776 Pamphlet That Sold 500,000 Copies
Do you ever wonder why a simple 47-page pamphlet written over 250 years ago still holds the power to make … Read more
Twilight of the Idols: Why Nietzsche’s Hammer Still Hits Harder Than Most Modern Philosophy
Do you ever feel like the values you’ve been handed—morality, truth, even happiness itself—are borrowed from someone else’s playbook, and … Read more
Globalization and Its Discontents: Did Globalization Fail the Poor?
Did you ever wonder why a country can do everything the IMF tells it to do, cut its budget, sell … Read more
Why Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Explains Your Imposter Syndrome
Why does resting still feel like something you owe an apology for, long after nobody prays over a ledger anymore? … Read more
Why Bertrand Russell’s Best Still Stings, Shocks, and Liberates Us
Have you ever felt that the world’s most cherished beliefs—about God, about morality, about how to raise children and run … Read more
Portraits From Memory (1956) Full Review: Failed Ideals Yet Bright Hopes
Did you ever question whether your most deeply held beliefs could survive the brutality of a global war? Bertrand Russell … Read more
Unpopular Essays by Bertrand Russell: A Timeless Assault on Certainty, Dogma, and Intellectual Complacency
Do you ever find yourself absolutely certain about something—only to later discover you were completely wrong? If that question makes … Read more
New Hopes for a Changing World: Bertrand Russell’s 1951 Blueprint for Survival
We live in an age of unprecedented power and paralyzing fear. We can destroy our planet many times over, yet … Read more
Freedom and Organization by Bertrand Russell: How Liberty Lost to Power Before 1914
Why did the nineteenth century, the age that promised freedom, democracy, science and progress, also create the nationalism, imperialism and … Read more
Free Thought and Official Propaganda: Bertrand Russell’s 1922 Warning
Do you actually think for yourself, or has someone else been doing the thinking for you your entire life? That … Read more
The Problem of China: Why Russell’s 1922 Warnings on Western Hubris and Chinese Resilience Matter Today
Does the West really have all the answers for a rising power like China, or are we repeating the same … Read more
Is Bertrand Russell’s 1920 The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism still relevant today?
In 1920, the celebrated philosopher Bertrand Russell visited the newly formed Soviet Union and returned with a sobering diagnosis. While … Read more
Why Does Modern Politics Feel So Powerless? Political Ideals Has the Answer
Ever wonder why you feel like just another cog in the machine, despite living in a democracy? Do you sense … Read more