The old Frasier show is one of my all-time favorite sitcoms. Not only are the writing, casting, and acting superb, the show ...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.” – Henry David Thoreau. Maybe a hectic ...

In such a situation, Thoreau’s exhortation to civil disobedience as a means to starve the government of taxes that, in any case, feather the nests of only a handful of individuals, makes a lot ...

Although Thoreau’s idea about civil disobedience is popular, some scholars are sceptical. In an article in American magazine The New Yorker, journalist Kathryn Schulz said there is the problem ...