Xenophon’s Irony
Xenophon (430-354 BCE) is best remembered as a great military leader, but he was also a prolific author. Fortunately, many of his works still survive. A fresh look at these…
BIDEN: “He’s Running”
For political analyst Chris Whipple, there is no doubt about the Democratic candidate for President in 2024. “He’s running!” He, of course, is President Joe Biden. Whipple’s book on the…
Philosophy & Rhetoric
Philosophy and rhetoric have had a rocky relationship for a long time, going back to ancient Greece, but in this book a philosopher says they are not enemies. Donald Phillip…
The Biggest Confidence Man in History
Review by Dr. M. Emanuele What is Donald Trump’s favourite book? Is it Dr Seuss? Is it the Bible (which he likes to hold upside down like a disciple of…
Ridicule in Enlightenment Britain
“As intellectual historians have long emphasized, a key question in eighteenth-century philosophy was that of sociability or the extent to which humans were (or could be made) fit for political…
Elizabethan English
Anyone who has heard a play by Shakespeare knows what a wonder on the ears it is. Elizabethan English is a delight, but also a challenge to the modern ear.…
The Danger of Algorithms
In a CNN interview on January 8, 2023, Ian Bremmer (president of the Eurasia Group, a global political risk research and consulting firm) sounded an alarm bell about algorithms. “At…
Was Homer a Fraud?
You will never appreciate Homer the same way again after reading this book. It deals with alternative readings of the Iliad and the Odyssey, as penned by Sophists some 2,000…
BEST BOOK OF 2022: Magnificent Rebels
This book is so delicious I did not want it to end. Andrea Wulf, who lives in London, has written the best book of 2022: Magnificent Rebels. Wulf is best…
Dictatorial Misrule
As the crimes of the former president become ever more obvious, we are reminded of the words of Shakespeare, who might have been describing the White House from 2017-2021: “Hell…