History

History proceeds by advances and reversals.  Some of those reversals can last for centuries.  How long did it take for what we now call “Italy,” or indeed much of Europe,...

As the war in Ukraine continues into its third week and the slaughter of innocents grows apace, it’s hard to look at anything but its day-to-day trauma, the astonishing courage...

From time immemorial, elites have distrusted and often disdained everyday people.  Far more egalitarian than most, the Founding Fathers of the U.S. were still generally convinced that We the People...