More people observe and study birds than any other class of (nonhuman) animals. This prompts the question, why? Apparently the answer has been taken as too obvious to call for much thought.
A factory-like late Victorian granite and brick structure known as Jonas Clark Hall dominates the old central campus of Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Right outside the main office of the psychology department on the third...
In March of 1970 Senator Roman Hruska, Republican of Nebraska, supported the nomination of Judge Carswell to the Supreme Court by commenting: “Even if he were mediocre, there are lots of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are...
The intimate reciprocal relation which John Dewey discerned between education and politics is significantly illustrated by the developing situation in Micronesia. This thought came repeatedly to my mind while I was in the Trust Territory of...
In the mosaic of values that is Western social philosophy, war has played no small role in shaping the image of community. We are perhaps more likely to think of war as an element of antimorality and anticommunity, but the evidence is all...
My name is Jane Schreiber; five evenings a week I sit behind the reference desk in a west side branch of the public library and answer readers’ questions. These are mainly about the location of the public facilities. We keep both locked.