While the gap between left and right has widened to such an extent that even The Washington Post acknowledged yesterday that the two parties seem to
Call for Financial Help
We're reaching out to our readers for help in meeting our blog's costs. We put a page on Patreon to enable our patrons to pledge money. Further
Camus on Living
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.More on Albert Camus.
More Laws and Executions
The choice of his first victim showed the ruthless precision with which Cromwell was to strike. In the general opinion of Europe, the foremost
Persian Invaders Encounter Difficulties in Scythia
So far then the Persians had the advantage for a small part of the war.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the
Conclusion of Solon Series
Today's installment concludes Solon's Early Greek Legislation,our selection from History of Greece by George Grote published in 1846 For works
Aftermath of Law’s Acceptance
It is much to be regretted that we have no information respecting events in Attica immediately after the Solonian laws and constitution, which were
New Human Species Discovered
by Jack Le MoineFrom the latest happenings in things historical. This article Fossils Found in African Cave Are New Species of Human Kin,
Federal Politics Begins
Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their US History Series, #9. Where US Politics Came From, published on April 4,