The similarities between Vladimir Putin and Napoleon Bonaparte are at once striking. Napoleon was at the apogee of his career and power in the…
This piece has been excerpted from Simply Keynes by Roger Backhouse, part of Simply Charly's Great Lives series. John Maynard…
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Ludwig Wittgenstein's seminal work, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Published in 1922, the Tractatus has…
This piece has been excerpted from a forthcoming book titled Hitler's Favorite Jew: The Enigma of Otto Weininger by Allan…
“A large Confederate flag can be seen flying over the Washington Navy Yard,” General Ben Butler told the English war…
The following piece on poet and Nobel Prize laureate T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), whose birthday is on Sept. 26, was written…
By any measure, Donald Trump was trumped by Napoleon Bonaparte. Admittedly, the US President has a rather remarkable record for…
What is capitalism and is it a good thing? The OED gives the following definition under “capitalism”: “an economic and political system…
This piece has been excerpted from Simply Wittgenstein by James C. Klagge, part of Simply Charly's Great Lives series. Ludwig…
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution includes two generative components: mutation and natural selection. Mutation generates genetic variants and hence phenotypes;…