Americans Hall and Woodford win Nobel Prize in economics for stabilisation models

Portraits of Robert Hall and Michael Woodford on a screen at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, 12 October, 2026 ...
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The Living-Green Myth

This book review is a web exclusive for the Summer 2026 issue of The Independent Review. Among the “greatest threats to environmental sustainability,” according to Michael Maniates, is the ...

Paul Sullivan: Chicago mourns Mike Ditka, the Pennsylvania kid who became the ultimate symbol of our town

To pigeonhole Mike Ditka as one of the great sports figures in Chicago history would be an injustice to his legacy. To many he was the living, breathing image of Chicago, as much a part of our storied ...
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Michael Hirst reflects on history, myth and making the past feel alive

At Monte-Carlo, the creator of Vikings, The Tudors and Billy the Kid discussed historical icons, magical realism and the need to make things happen on screen Michael Hirst has spent much of his career ...