“What are you being so mean for, miss?” asks Humphrey Bogart’s character in “The African Queen.” “A man takes a drop too much once in a while, it’s only human nature.” Katharine Hepburn’s character ...
What is human nature? This is a question that has perplexed philosophers and psychologists throughout the ages. Are people essentially socially constructive and altruistic or are they destructive and ...
The Origins of Politics: How Evolution and Ideology Shape the Fate of Nations, by Nicholas Wade (HarperCollins, 256 pp., $32.00) No matter how he lands on one’s radar, Wade is worth reading. His ...
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