by Patrick Vitalone | Aug 11, 2011 | The Public Humanist
With a series of reforms that began in 1978, China discarded its staunchly Communist economy. These reforms allowed for the privatization of certain areas of the Chinese economy, and for China to enter into the Western world. China’s move away from Communism...
by Daniel Platt | Aug 15, 2011 | The Public Humanist
Makers of culture have always been fascinated by their own perilous dance with poverty. From the starving artist and the actor-as-waiter to the washed-up writer and the dive bar crooner, the hapless tale of the creative-gone-broke has been a reliable storyline for...
by Christine Baron | Aug 17, 2011 | The Public Humanist
When I was in the first grade, the nuns at school told me that God had no beginning; He just always existed. That made no sense to me. Everything has at least a beginning. I was fairly certain, in my self-assured 7-year old mind, that the nuns had just not looked hard...
by Bill Marx | Aug 23, 2011 | The Public Humanist
The title of In Search of Civilization: Remaking a Tarnished Idea (Graywolf Press) is a bit of a flirty tease. In this thought-provoking though frustrating polemic by John Armstrong, Philosopher in residence (at the Melbourne Business School) and Senior Advisor to the...
by Martin Newhouse | Aug 26, 2011 | The Public Humanist
Can three great writers from the nineteenth century help us understand the eruption of terrorism in our own time? In my view, they can and we shouldn’t ignore what they have to tell us. As a case in point, the title of this essay is based on a profound insight...
