Nihilism is a philosophical belief that life is meaningless ... To get a feel for how this plays out in the human psyche, do some reading in old King Solomon's dreary book of Ecclesiastes, where he ...

He is an accused murderer. So why are so many Americans cheering him on – surely it’s not just because he’s “hot”?

He successfully challenged prostitution laws before the Supreme Court of Canada in 2013, and convinced the courts to widen ...

“Jingle Jangle!” Stephanie said, and we skittered toward the tins of chocolate-covered pretzels, popcorn, Joe-Joe’s cookie ...

The rising rage-rapper meets the East Bay punk legends and ruminates on making hip-hop fit for 22nd-century mosh pits.

Recently, it feels like the world does not care about the climate or environmental crises. Between COP29 being an absolute ...

Dark-humored memes — like “This is fine,” featuring a dog wearing a bowler hat in a room on fire — tend to dominate social ...

Politicians in both political parties have strongly denounced the celebratory reaction to the assassination of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is often criticized for not taking as many cases as it did in the past. Last term it issued fewer than 60 opinions. Similarly, the Illinois Supreme Court takes fewer cases than ...

If Republicans want to drive the government into a shutdown or default — or refuse to fund disaster aid — let them.

The ineffably beautiful book follows six astronauts on board a space station. ‘I wrote it as a way of almost memorialising Earth as our home,’ Harvey says.

The Democratic Party is still licking its wounds after being badly beaten by Donald Trump and his MAGA movement in the 2024 ...