This year, a chance encounter with a fellow pessimist helped me find some Christmas magic in the imperial capital.

The movie The Matrix gave us the "red pill" and the "blue pill." The red wakes you up to reality; the blue keeps you ...

A little jaded last week were U. S. businessmen. The thrill of seeing industrial production run ahead of corresponding months in 1929 wore off. There were some who found many an indication to ...

While always seeking to resist pessimism, Nietzsche's strategy for doing so, and the extent to which he was willing to concede conceptual grounds to pessimists, shifted dramatically over time. His ...