Donald S. Lopez, Jr. looks at Voltaire’s early reflections on Buddhism and how, in his desire to separate the Buddha’s teachings from the trappings of religion, the French Enlightenment thinker prefigured an approach now familiar in the West.
Culture
History Slam Episode Seventy-Six: Continental Cup of Curling
This past weekend at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, curlers from around the world competed in the Continental Cup.
This past weekend at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, curlers from around the world competed in the Continental Cup.
Perfect Etiquette
On diplomatically arguing with members
On diplomatically arguing with members
Alternative Histories of Work and Labour: The Workers History Museum
David Dean, a Professor of History at Carleton University, as he discusses alternative histories of work and labour in the national capital region.
David Dean, a Professor of History at Carleton University, as he discusses alternative histories of work and labour in the national capital region.
We Are Not the Virus. We Are the Kamikazes.
We were like a person working so hard and for so little nourishment in return that we had to take steroids to keep going.
We were like a person working so hard and for so little nourishment in return that we had to take steroids to keep going.
A Queer Taste for Macaroni
Dominic Janes explores how with this new figure — and the scandalous sodomy trials with which the stereotype became entwined — a widespread discussion of same-sex desire first entered the public realm, long before the days of Oscar Wilde.
Dominic Janes explores how with this new figure — and the scandalous sodomy trials with which the stereotype became entwined — a widespread discussion of same-sex desire first entered the public realm, long before the days of Oscar Wilde.
Marjorie Stinson, the Flying Schoolmarm
Building on her initial success with Gorman, Marjorie Stinson worked flat out, sometimes spending more than six hours a day aloft (landing after short hops to load up the next keen pupil).
Building on her initial success with Gorman, Marjorie Stinson worked flat out, sometimes spending more than six hours a day aloft (landing after short hops to load up the next keen pupil).
Virtual Histories of Disability and Assistive Devices
Machines of the past hold many of the secrets for designers of future technologies.
Machines of the past hold many of the secrets for designers of future technologies.
Let the Institutional Innovation Begin! (Part I)
They predict that a struggle will soon be underway to lock in the political and economic lessons of the pandemic. There will be a big push for a state-friendly, capitalist-affirming narrative, of course.
They predict that a struggle will soon be underway to lock in the political and economic lessons of the pandemic. There will be a big push for a state-friendly, capitalist-affirming narrative, of course.
The Many Lives of the Medieval Wound Man
Sliced, stabbed, punctured, bleeding, harassed on all sides by various weaponry, the curious image of Wound Man is a rare yet intriguing presence in the world of medieval and early modern medical manuscripts.
Sliced, stabbed, punctured, bleeding, harassed on all sides by various weaponry, the curious image of Wound Man is a rare yet intriguing presence in the world of medieval and early modern medical manuscripts.
An Emergent Affliction in Today’s Egypt
Islamic healing, the psy sciences, and what lies in-between
Islamic healing, the psy sciences, and what lies in-between
Listen to Our Cannabis Constituency’: A View from South of the Border
Money has always been a factor in the cannabis business, of course, but in those golden days of yore, when people grew and smoked weed because they loved the plant and what it did to them (not to mention sticking it to the man and being rebelliously cool), making money off it was a sort of afterthought.
Money has always been a factor in the marijuana business, of course, but in those golden days of yore, when people grew and smoked weed because they loved the plant and what it did to them (not to mention sticking it to the man and being rebelliously cool), making money off it was a sort of afterthought.
Pooling Knowledge: Private Medicine vs. Public Health?
The Coronavirus and the Need for Systems Change, Pt.1
The Coronavirus and the Need for Systems Change, Pt.1
UAE Funds Studies Into Making It Rain in the Desert
The united arab emirates is to fund three research teams from around the world to work out how to make it rain over the arabian desert.
The united arab emirates is to fund three research teams from around the world to work out how to make it rain over the arabian desert.
Using the Past to Structure the Future: Envisioning Cannabis Legalization Through the Lens of Liquor Control
Pondering it on the flight home, I began to reconsider the cannabis question.
Pondering it on the flight home, I began to reconsider the cannabis question.
How Aspirin Does More Than Kill Pain
As inflammation in our bodies is being linked with more diseases, Emma Young asks whether a simple anti-inflammatory drug like aspirin could really help keep us all healthier.
As inflammation in our bodies is being linked with more diseases, Emma Young asks whether a simple anti-inflammatory drug like aspirin could really help keep us all healthier.