Essays

I drive a Tesla electric vehicle, which controls the steering wheel on highways.

It may seem that wise, strong people typically have gone through a few hard times in their lives. By comparison, those who have led a very sheltered and privileged life often appear to crack more easily under pressure.

Nature is good for us – surely nobody has missed that fact.

The book from which the following two excerpts are taken was written in the belief that the world capitalist economic system h

I served as an police officer and a detective for more than 12 years, and I have felt a particular connection to the the tragic events of recent weeks.

A half-century ago, there was a predictable quality to the way presidential nominees selected their running mates. They would do so at their nominating conventions in a moment of often high drama.

The very long (and indeed very long awaited) report of the Chilcot Inquiry was finally published in London on July 6th.

"Wiesel’s greatness was to have remained, under all circumstances, one of those humble Jews whom he considered the crown of humanity."

During the 1960s, three great artists used nature as their canvas: Yves Klein painted the sky, Robert Smithson sculpted the earth, and Nicolas Garcia Uriburu painted the water.

That any voter would support Donald Trump to become leader of the free world seems beyond comprehension to many, a phenomenon outside the realm of understanding. That voters in the U.K.

BERKELEY – Several years ago, it occurred to me that social scientists today are all standing on the shoulders of giants like Niccolo Machiavelli, John Locke, Adam Smith, Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, and Émile Durkheim.

Around the world, people are living longer than ever before, with a recent report from Public Health England revealing th