Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. I often think of this story when I consider the unedifying spectacle of academics in the humanities and social ...

Sudden bursts of anger often feel random, disproportionate, or disconnected from the situation at hand, but they rarely ...

My "Broken Science" cover article in Reason now has a lot of company. In that article I noted that "there is no one single cause for the increase in nonreproducible findings in so many fields. One key ...

Once upon a time, science evoked enthusiasm. Yes, cinematic mad scientists went overboard with body parts and lightning, but real-life researchers brought us innovations, insights, and improved ...

In debates with atheists, Catholic apologists often overlook a key tactical advantage, exemplified in the adage: “First beat your opponent with his own stick, and then beat him with yours.” This means ...

The popular understanding of science has changed considerably over the past few hundred years. Properly understood, in the broadest etymological sense, science is merely knowing. Thus the omni-science ...

Because each of us lives only for decades, not for centuries, we don’t necessarily have the perspective — the yardstick — to appreciate the striking ascent of the human condition that’s been our ...

CBSE 9th Assertion Reason Questions: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 9 exams 2025 are around the corner and it's time for students to revise and prepare all the questions. One ...

The spread of capitalism and democracy has inspired controversies over the direction of the modern world. Some scholars see a future of "multiple modernities," in which Western liberal democracy will ...

Getting ahead financially is mainly about what you earn at work, not what you make from investments. Researchers found that ...