But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don't depend on information coming in from the senses.

As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender.

By all measures men are the more violent gender.

One of my favourite kinds of movie is the American picaresque, in which the characters make their way across the country, learning about life against the gorgeous backdrops of that vast land.

I want to live in a Britain where there is a shared belief in freedom and democracy, and equal rights for men and women.

Poetry always, always, always is a key piece of democracy.

Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will.

Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath.