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The Hungarian Parliament in Budapest. (joiseyshowaa / flickr) In January 2011, the government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced that the 82-year-old philosopher Agnes Heller and four…

Francis Fukuyama goes back to the beginning. OSF/Clive Bromhall/Animals Animals/Earth ScenesThe chimp way of war: for Fukuyama, a primitive form of political life Its possible that Francis Fukuyama…

THE BERLIN-BAGHDAD EXPRESS: THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND GERMANYS BID FOR WORLD POWERby Sean McMeekinHarvard University Press, 496 pp., $29.95 THE BALFOUR DECLARATION: The Origins of the…

May/June 2011 The Information Sage Meet Edward Tufte, the graphics guru to the power elite who is revolutionizing how we see data. By Joshua…

Told of Seth Meyers's admiration for his comic instrument, the anchor replies, “That’s odd, because we’ve never belonged to a health club together, and we’re both in successful long-term relationships.” It’s a classic Williams line: suggestive enough to shock—did Brian Williams just tell a penis joke?—yet veiled enough that it doesn’t seem untoward coming from the man my grandmother trusts to keep her up-to-date on rising health-care costs.

The brainy, numbers-crunching Jewish fans whove revolutionized pro sports and realized every geek fans dream are celebrated as heroes at the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics…