Remembering Nobel Prize Winner V.S. Naipaul, A Brilliant Defender Of Humane Values
With the death of the Nobel Prize winning author, we’ve lost a great writer who both valued civilization, and saw the world as it is, not how he wished it to be.
When Mental Health Professionals Lose It Over Trump, Everyone Gets Hurt
We should exercise extreme caution when listening to the professional opinions of a handful of emotionally charged psychiatrists and psychologists regarding the dangerousness of Trump.
Why The White Helmets Deserved The Nobel Peace Prize
The White Helmets, also called the Syrian Civil Defense, sends emergency first-responders into dangerous territory to save innocents trapped between belligerents in Syria’s civil war.
Nobel Board Foolishly Awards Micromanaging Fake ‘Libertarian’ Its Economics Prize
Richard Thaler might be very smart, but his contribution to economics was largely, as he put it himself, to ‘make a career stealing ideas from psychologists.’
Why China Is Afraid Of Ailing Dissident Liu Xiaobo
Since Chinese authorities won’t let Liu Xiaobo leave China for medical help, he probably will die soon. But his efforts to speak the truth will endure.
Bob Dylan Rescues Literature From The Literary Set
Bob Dylan’s Nobel acceptance speech could almost have been written to illustrate the famous words on ‘tradition and the individual talent’ from an earlier Nobel laureate.
In Reluctant Nobel Acceptance, Bob Dylan Tells His Worshippers To Chill
Bob Dylan is the Boomer Beyoncé— moments of true genius imbued by a generation with cultural significance that demands fealty and is aghast at the slightest criticism.
In Nobel Acceptance Speech, Bob Dylan Shouts The Blues
Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech makes a solid case that he loves classic literature, absorbs its messages, and sends those messages back out again through his songwriting.
The Left Is Furious That Trump’s Labor Pick Understands Supply And Demand
Let’s set aside the fiction that the Left is only freaked about Trump. They are more freaked out that conventional conservatives will have their way.
8 Great Women Of Science History
Join us in marveling at—and even seeking to emulate—the achievements of these female scientific pioneers.
3 Ways Cancer Scientist Tim Hunt’s Social Media Mob Went Too Far
The social media mobs have brought down cancer scientist Tim Hunt for stupid comments he made. Here’s how to prevent such insanity in the future.
Malala Is What The Real War On Women Looks Like
Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Prize was well earned, and it presents a moment to discuss genuine oppression of women worldwide.