12+ hour, 12+ min ago   (462+ words) To become resilient and enhance its competitiveness, the question is not whether the Philippines needs more infrastructure, stronger energy systems, and defenses against severe weather conditions. It is how to pay for them in a world increasingly exposed to external…...

12+ hour, 22+ min ago   (458+ words) Everybody says they want freedom, but most people really don’t, mainly because they don’t know what true freedom is. And if they did, they would—and do — reject it. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom,” Benjamin Franklin wrote,…...

12+ hour, 22+ min ago   (132+ words) Marxists want economic enslavement, not individual empowerment. They want to confiscate private property and end property ownership. It is, after all, not affordable. They do not want to create opportunities for individual success and achievement. Remember, if you own a…...

12+ hour, 32+ min ago   (727+ words) Penn researchers found that overstating cause-and-effect relationships is a growing problem in the social sciences. In an August study that analyzed nearly 200,000 papers, researchers at Penn’s Computational Social Science Lab found that nearly half of the surveyed articles made causal…...

9+ hour, 22+ min ago   (442+ words) Saya mulai bertanya-tanya, apakah mungkin musik memang ikut memengaruhi cara kita merasakan kedekatan dengan seseorang? Pertanyaan itu membawa saya pada tulisan Alan R. Harvey, Links Between the Neurobiology of Oxytocin and Human Musicality. Artikel tersebut membahas hubungan antara sistem oksitosin dan…...

16+ hour, 44+ min ago   (487+ words) Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today called upon people from all sections of society, including businesspeople, young entrepreneurs and researchers, to work together to build a prosperous and desired Bangladesh. “Your cooperation is needed. Your coming forward is needed for the…...

13+ hour, 3+ min ago   (28+ words) Inequality, or disparity, is a condition in which a stark difference exists between two parties or groups. The resulting impact …...

17+ hour, 25+ min ago   (861+ words) The Victorian government is proposing to decriminalise begging as an offence, but is this benevolence or perhaps something else more covert? The change is meant to stop the long arm of the law from snapping a set of cuffs on…...

18+ hour, 16+ min ago   (208+ words) The Raise the Rate survey shows 75 per cent have cut back on fresh meat, fruit and vegetables and 90 per cent feel socially isolated. ACOSS chief executive Cassandra Goldie said it can impact day-to-day interactions. “When someone says let’s go out…...

18+ hour, 26+ min ago   (163+ words) How elites got hoodwinked by the vibe shift. Chapter 8 (pp. 54–61) from The Reconstruction Papers. This article was previously published as part of The Reconstruction Papers. The entire book is available in print and as a PDF. What would this look…...