What would happen, the Russian novelist wondered, when people lacking any semblance of ideological or moral convictions…
Like a Rorschach test, the incident offers limitless interpretations. But newly published photographs of Yukio Mishima in…
Hollywood continues to dramatically exaggerate the medical risks associated with abortion while downplaying barriers to…
Alleviating separation anxiety is about changing the owner's behavior, too.
A professor of comedy examines holiday cards in times of struggles. They aren't all sad.
In both countries, neglect and misinformation at the highest levels of government led to undue tragedy.
It was less about their asceticism and more about rejecting the world they had fled.
By missing out on chance encounters and observations that jolt 'a-ha' moments, new ideas, big and small, go undiscovered.
Homer and Aeschylus turned to the divine to write their happy endings. But no gods are conspiring above the US, ready to…
One scholar spent a decade studying the ways everyday people drew, carved, glued, sewed and baked their own pornography.
Ever since players tweaked the game to reflect the medieval social order, poets and writers have used chess as an allegory…
The word, which roughly translates to considering the needs of society above your own, has become a buzzword in Denmark.
A stark divide in the response to the film suggests a deep disconnect between media elites and the rest of the country.
Someone's race, however, seems to be a factor in whether they support college athletes’ economic rights.
Although memorials to past pandemics are not as prolific as war memorials, they do exist. A scholar of visual culture provides…
An ex-minister named John Lyford arrived at the nascent colony hoping for a fresh start. But he couldn't escape his…
Tab was Coca-Cola's first foray into the diet soda market. Though the brand went on to build and maintain a legion of…
Women continue to be stereotyped as passive and meek. For this reason, international courts often let women war criminals…
Remember the 'peanut gallery' from the 'Howdy Doody' show? That term, like many others we commonly use,…
In ancient Athens, the richest people paid taxes to support what the residents considered the salvation of the city. These…