Ignorance may sometimes be bliss, but in general it gets a bad rap - which is why the latest book from Peter Burke comes as a surprise. Over the years, this distinguished scholar has concentrated on ...

For Lent 2026, a multitude of Catholic leaders and ministries are inviting the faithful to walk with them during this 40-day season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Here are 12 new resources – ...

A welcome shot of serious thought about populism, a bold argument for citizen rule, Gordon Brown revisited — and a work by Cass Sunstein that all politicians should digest ...

Public shaming online often spreads faster than understanding, turning judgment into spectacle instead of change ...

Albert Camus, a Nobel laureate, penned raw, unflinching prose that challenged readers to confront existence. His works, like ...

At the end of 2025, I reflected on the past year—as many do. As I looked back, I realized that I was struggling to remember all of the little things that I’d done. So many events, facts, and anecdotes ...

Your children have become dumber. Your neighbor has become dumber. Trump has become dumber. Have you also become dumber? Experts believe we are living in the golden age of stupidity. But is it true?

The well-known historian and author talks about German propaganda, the Civil War, the executions and the KKE on the occasion of the photos of the execution of the "200" in Kaisariani ...

For Lent 2026, a multitude of Catholic leaders and ministries are inviting the faithful to walk with them during this 40-day season.

There were schools of thought in Ancient Greece that speculated about extraterrestrial life, in trying to answer questions ...

There is a perceptible Roman bias in the teaching of law, but the ancient Greeks were actually also quite influential.

A recently discovered Greek inscription at the base of a column inside the Great Mosque of Homs in Syria has rekindled a longstanding scholarly debate about the exact location of the Temple of the sun ...