One of the longest-lived, but utterly false, ideas is the concept of the "noble savage."

Two thumbs down for Florida's Charlie Crist.

Liberalism means keeping everybody children - in all aspects of life.

No man should be an island.

Not growing up makes for bad family life, and also for bad politics.

Why aren't "young adults" growing up anymore?

Are we actually reprogramming our brains by staring at screens all day?

Book-burnings: not just for Nazi Germany anymore.

Evolutionary science sheds new light on the modern Battle of the Sexes.

Australia is uniquely susceptible to the High Church of Global Warming.