The oldest recorded New Year resolution dates to about 2000 BCE. Introduction Every year, many of us...
Year: 2020
The history of ice in drinks goes back to antiquity but only really got going when a...
Scientists are partnering with brewers to taste test ancient recipes and sip a long-lost past. By Sara...
For centuries more the Protestants of Northern Europe refused to recognize the new “Gregorian” calendar. By Erik...
Celts of thousands of years ago celebrated the festivals the wheel highlights. Introduction The Wheel of the...
Getty curators answer your questions about ancient parties. If the ancient Greeks and Romans were still around...
Athenian calendars used lunar cycles and/or solar events to affix dates. Introduction The term “Athenian Calendar” (also...
Experts from science, history, and literature take us through some terrible times. Around the world, people can’t...
There is no easy foil for a right-wing propaganda effort that amplifies fears and grievances on a...
Guidance in revealing the “mystery factor” and naming the qualities of a logical, ethical argument. By Rebecca...
How to analyze situations and draw informed conclusions for accurate judgments about people, situations, and media you...
The most insidious denialism of all is entirely invisible. The presidential election wasn’t close. Joe Biden won...
At the site of Pylos, archaeologists are still working at both the Palace of Nestor and its...
Archaeologists used to dig primarily at sites that were easy to find from obvious visual clues. Technology...
It’s clear that the congressional parties, after decades of relatively little polarization, began pulling apart in the...
Not until sixteen months after Appomattox, on August 20, 1866, did the President formally declare an end...
Because autocrats need a power structure to rule, it can be difficult to draw a clear line...
Examining and comparing some categories of tyrannies. In my book Tyrants: A History of Power, Injustice and...
The political divide in Congress makes a major overhaul of the immigration system unlikely. Immigration activists are...
Distinguishing between different origins of migrants as well as migration motives. Introduction This outlines the general developments...
Looking at the causes, effects, and impacts of different waves of migration. Introduction Immigration and refugees have long...
Christians initially disagreed over whether religious images were good or bad, resulting in the iconoclasm controversy. What...
Introducing the periods of Byzantine history, with attention to developments in art and architecture. From Rome to...
Nonreligious voters overwhelmingly backed Biden in the November presidential race and were key in several down-ballot state...
The rise of secular voters is providing a potent counterbalance to the religious right. candidates have been...
We can find important elements of Rousseau’s approach still alive and well in American politics and culture...
Neither nationalism nor the nation-state were fully developed concepts at the time Rousseau was writing. But what...
Piously opposing Trumpism as evil is empty, because it does not deal with white evangelicalism’s own racism....
Although they were victims of religious persecution in Europe, the Puritans supported and pursued it in the...
Starting with the 1620 Plymouth covenant, religion colored Massachusetts law. One of the reasons New England towns...