Oliver Williams

Oliver Williams is a philosophy graduate currently working on a book provisionally titled The Limits of Altruism in a Zero-Sum World. He is based in London and can usually be found in the British Library reading about evolutionary psychology, resource depletion, demography and sectarian conflict.

World of Witchcraft

Human-rights groups and assorted do-gooders have been filling up my Twitter timeline with news of a phenomenon many think no longer exists: literal witch hunts. In 2009 the leader of The Gambia, the self-titled Sheikh Professor Dr. Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh"perhaps best known for ...