Our K-12 school system cannot be fixed while it remains prisoner of the ZIP code. Schools are largely financed by property ...

The war will end, but the women trapped in prostitution will remain there. While Israeli society breathes a sigh of relief at ...

Peterson, P.E. (2025). “ Covid Crimes: While suppression of discourse is dreadful, uninhibited despotism is worse .” ...

You don't need to go to college to study philosophy — anyone can do it if they are willing to dedicate themselves to deep, ...

It’s not just local news that affects the economy in general and the PSE in particular. Recent international news, coming from the most powerful economy, can jolt not only its own market but also the ...

In today’s polarized world, politics is often seen through a simplistic binary: left or right. But this dichotomy fails to ...

Books & the Arts / June 9, 2025 Free From What? Quentin Skinner and the contested 
history of liberty What Is Freedom For?

Utilitarian ethics, in its most complete formulation by John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), asks us to weigh the overall happiness or welfare that our action is likely to bring about, for all those affected ...

Over a long career, Skinner has sought to reclaim the idea of republican liberty for the modern age. But his work also raises the question: free for what?

The framers of the Constitution added ten amendments, called the Bill of Rights, to protect individuals’ rights from being infringed by the government. A democratic government is one in which the ...

The framers of the Constitution added ten amendments, called the Bill of Rights, to protect individuals’ rights from being infringed by the government. A democratic government is one in which the ...

Exploring the troubling trend in academia where universities prioritise graduation statistics over the quality of education, Dr Vusi Shongwe critiques the current PhD landscape and calls for a return ...