The Grand Old Party has always benefited from old money, big business, and hardcore social conservatives, says the NYU historian.

A conversation with the assistant professor of history at the Gallatin School at New York University.

Today Big Think hosted renowned management expert Bill George, professor of management at Harvard Business School and author of “7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis.” George shared his firsthand experience […]

The former Poet Laureate recites one of her latest poems from the collection entitled, “Sonata Mulattica.”

Rita Dove recites a German poem that continues to move her.

Rita Dove looks forward to the day she won’t have to deconstruct how a black woman does her hair in the morning.

As Poet Laureate, Rita Dove learned that many people are frightened of the subject.

Rita Dove offers advice for those looking to make a career out of poetry.

Rita Dove explains her tendency to write in the middle of the night, and her unique filing system for drafts of poems.

A conversation with the former U.S. Poet Laureate.

Rita Dove recalls her first poetic experience.

Stephen Fry, the actor, writer, and avid tweeter, paid us a visit Tuesday. Gracious and cheerful while waiting for his closeup, Fry’s interview was a fascinating series of childhood ruminations, […]

For a number of obvious reasons, the announcement of the annual Heisman Trophy nominees is among the more-anticipated events in sports. For one thing, it’s one step closer to awarding […]

In American folklore, testosterone is supposed to cause rage, lust, competitiveness, nuclear arms races, beer hats and other indicators of whacked-out excess masculinity. Andrew Sullivan, for example, wrote years ago […]

The US Air Force has confirmed for the first time that it is flying a stealth unmanned drone known as the “Beast of Kandahar” in Southern Afghanistan.

The Senate Democrats have tentatively agreed to drop full-blown government-run insurance from the health care reforms in favour of Federally supervised private insurance arrangements.

After synchronised car bomb attacks devastated the Iraqi capital Baghdad yesterday the Iraqi government has been quick to speculate about who was behind the attacks.

A British company has developed the world’s first bionic fingers for use by patients with missing fingers – and a former concert pianist is among the first to test them out!

The trading of heroine and cocaine in Africa is transforming parts of the region into “a major crime hub” according to the Un drugs agency UNODC.

The noughties has been the hottest decade since records began 160 years ago according to the UN World Meteorological Organization – with 2009 ranking as the warmest year.