Why aren’t you changing your mind? Smart people often hold themselves back from questioning their own actions and beliefs, and in the process, from learning By Rohin Dharmakumar 14 min read View in browser Hello again, dear reader, and welcome back to First Principles. We’re in official mango season down south! One of the joys of…

in Life/Philosophy by Surender Neer 18/03/2024 Punjabi literature has many such authors on the horizon who happen to be like torch bearers of their cosmos but Khalid Hussain is one such writer who neither yearned for the sky nor  tried to achieve one.In order to lighten up the Punjabi literary cosmos  he rose from a far flung…

How the decisions that led to the founding of Israel left the region in a state of eternal conflict. A discussion moderated by Emily Bazelon – Feb. 1, 2024 One year matters more than any other for understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 1948, Jews realized their wildly improbable dream of a state, and Palestinians experienced…

For decades, Israel has supported many of the world’s most brutal dictatorships, contributing to the repression and suppression of democracy and popular movements across the globe THOMAS FAZI MAR 19, 2024 Most people know that Israel is one of the world’s top weapons producers and exporters, selling weapons to about 130 countries and controlling around 2.5% of…

BYMITCHELL ABOULAFIA Critics of Marx often get the great socialist thinker wrong. We’re here to set the record straight. Some of the five hundred, one-meter-tall statues of Karl Marx on display on May 5, 2013 in Trier, Germany. Hannelore Foerster / Getty There are many ways to interpret Marx. Many of them legitimate. But many others seek to dismiss…