Distrust and scorn towards intellectuals has always been a powerful force in the United States, according to a Pulitzer Prize-winning book written 62 years ago by Richard Hofstadter,Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. Many ot...

Are the Green Parties doing too little too late? Have they shrunk from telling the voters the full extent of the bad news because it's electorally unappealling? Or has their time come at last? The former leader of the Green Party of Malta, Harr...

We’ve all experienced it! The mental conflict that comes when new information threatens your beliefs, assumptions or actions.Professor Daniel Meegan of Guelph University, Ontario, Canada, explains the defensive mind manoeuvres that we’re...

Australia’s shelling out a staggering $268 billion - $368 billion (expect the larger figure) on a nuclear powered submarine fleet , capable of  easy conversion to nuclear arms.Experts like Dr. Tilman Ruff insist that it will inevita...

All you need to know about the making and meaning of national songs!Erik Levi , Professor of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London, talks about the musical devices that stir emotions in patriotic songs and takes a critical look at s...