Why are most Danes and Swedes happy to get along without religion?
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Rebecca Goldstein explains how Spinoza envisioned God and why his conception appealed to later scientists like Einstein.
Maybe Mr. Rogers was right and every neighbor is a potential friend – someone worth inviting over, getting to know. On the other hand, maybe the weird guy next door will turn out to be Jeffrey Dahmer.
Jill Lepore does a reality check on Tea Party claims to the founding fathers.
Sixty years after those Avant Garde composers of the 1920s, some Japanese musicians followed in their footsteps, exploring the outer reaches of sound with “noise music.”
Marcus Chown is agog at the wonder of the universe and tells Anne Strainchamps that we haven't begun to understand the strangeness of it all.
Rebecca and Robert Bluestone tell Judith Strasser what their art forms have in common and how they both use color and a sense of place in their work.
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