Karl Marx famously said, "Religion is the opium of the people." But what did he mean by this?

I was in my early teens when I came across the slim novel, Weep Not, Child, by the then James Ngugi. Actually, the novel laid ...

The Bible skeptic Michael, whom we have been engaged with for many weeks, asks a very important question: “Isn’t all religion ...

Karl Marx drew attention to the deplorable living ... ideas since he certainly didn’t want them to be made into a state religion,” the cardinal replied. Although he conceded that totalitarian ...

I was in my early teens when I came across the slim novel, Weep Not, Child, by the then James Ngugi. Actually, the novel laid ...

The stories in this collection trace the trajectories of the lives of a marginalised people and the manmade borders that ...

Herbert Spencer is best known for the term, “Social Darwinism,” but his writings on free markets and law remain brilliantly ...

Karl MarxFrom ancient civilizations to modern states, religion has played a foundational role in shaping how societies understand themselves and their place in the world.As a core institution in human ...

Last week there were two distinctly different examples of the art of public speaking in the news. First, the beloved Muppet ...

Chasing material wealth for eternity may not be a great idea For enough is never enoughTo have or to be the dilemmatic notion set forth by the sublime thinker Erich Fromm has changed many lives Fromm ...

Guest: Paul Cooper is a podcaster, a historian, and the author of Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline. He writes, produces, and hosts the Fall of Civilizations podcast which ...