Soldiers who eat goat kebabs, not Burger King, are less likely to be court-martialed. Restauranteurs hate OpenTable; owner says he pays them more than he pays himself. Op: If he's only one-and-done, Obama is less Carter and more George H.W. Bush. Humanities pursue data
To help prevent prisoner escapes, N.Y.P.D. begins photographing suspects' irises, stays one step shy of total privacy outrage. Labor organizations campaign to win 50,000 airport screeners hungry for union representation. One way to get more people on board with Mars colonization--faster and cheaper--is
Prince William's marriage to bring cheer to Britain amid economic woes. My hands were too big to fit. Michael Caine dishes on Hollywood life. Video: Michael Caine impressions you've surely seen by now. Obama tells Ryan Seacrest about his sleep habits and how presidents order flowers.
If you read “Outside,” stay home. When we celebrate a hiker who sawed off his hand, we pay tribute to an idiot and ignore countless smarter climbers.
Aung San Suu Kyi shares a path with Mandela and Havel. If the past is any guide, Aung San Suu Kyi will soon try to behave like a politician. Partnership lessons from Keith Richards and Michael Eisner: share absolute trust and love of money. Disney employees stand to be terminated
Bush names who encouraged him to invade Iraq: Mubarak, Saudi Arabia's Prince Bandar, Elie Wiesel. Unlike Iran, Glenn Beck invokes loving Israel after calling Soros a money-grubbing puppetmaster. British politician arrested for ha-ha wishing columnist be stoned to death. Global surge sees more women elected, but
Looking at one of photographer Lori Nix’s pictures, something feels amiss long before you realize that the lifelike objects she portrays—bar stools, fountains, books, plants—are handmade and impossibly tiny.
How "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" traveled from a rousing call to arms to "the music that concludes great American lives." More from Dominic Tierney: In early America, the military was an essential work force and exploration team. On Radiolab, a look deep inside cities
With his old life again behind him, The Golem returns to looking ahead to what’s next—or at least trying—and finally gets around to answering some reader email.
Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist and writer who works in London. He was awarded a Prize Fellowship of All Souls College, Oxford, in 1975 for teaching English, and later trained in medicine. His new book, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World,
