November 11, 2017
This article is a follow-up on “The dangerous marriage of science and state: eugenics”, published on SpeakFreely on November 6. The Soviet Union was the only country where the government had condemned […]
November 6, 2017
In the early 20th century a scientific movement that advocated control of human reproduction captured the imagination of the public and politicians, leading to devastating consequences down the road. A good birth […]
October 10, 2017
A tiny state, fake news, sharing economy, Mars, voting, the internet, two questions, typography, and an ancient battle are the topics in these Articles and Videos from around the web you should read or watch today. […]
September 1, 2017
Mark Koyama recently published an article on Aeon that is based on his forthcoming book co-authored with Noel Johnson, in which he argues that, contrary to the dominant narrative, it is not the ideas […]
August 26, 2017
There is strange divergence of thought when it comes to self-ownership. For most of public opinion, your body belongs to yourself when it comes to things like tattoos, piercings, gaining weight, losing […]
August 10, 2017
Think back to the late 19th/early 20th century. A time in which colonialism remained rampant, workers laboured long hours in factories, and entertainment constituted a trip to the nearest travelling freak show. […]
June 24, 2016
On June 24, 1932, something remarkable happened in the country now known as Thailand: a bloodless coup was carried out by 102 people (many of them students) which overthrew nearly 700 years […]