Of all the great things about television, the greatest is that it’s on every single day. TV history is being made, day in and day out, in ways big and small. In an effort to better appreciate this ...

“I NO sooner perceived myself in the world,” wrote English philosopher John Locke, “than I found myself in a storm.” Locke was referring to the maelstrom of religious fanaticism and intolerance that ...

Even in the area of demography there are echoes of Locke’s mercantilist populationism. Neo-Malthusian fears of global overpopulation, prevalent a few decades ago, have given way to concern about below ...

The 17th-century philosopher wrote about finance and monetary systems Peter Lauria is strategic writer, editor, and manager with over 20 years of experience. He has covered business and financial news ...

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. Arguably no philosopher had a greater influence ...

As they describe themselves: The John Locke Foundation was created in 1990 as an independent, nonprofit think tank that would work “for truth, for freedom, and for the future of North Carolina.” The ...

John Locke was educated as a physician at Oxford's Christ Church College, the foremost academic institution in England. As an undergraduate there he'd been the top scholar and was made a lecturer in ...

Antoine Furetière’s conflict with the Académie française over his dictionary of the French language might serve as an example. In his deliberations over microhistory, Carlo Ginzburg proposes ‘a ...