Racism and the destructive power of language
There is a case for saying that racism is the antisocial construct
Why stop at destroying statues?
The ancient world was one in which there were laws, but no concept of human rights, or of the sanctity of life
How to be self-sufficient
For Aristotle, and eventually Plato too, while personal autarkeia was an ideal, only a city-state could deliver it
Ancient Athens would have been horrified by Trump’s impeachment
What is democratic about the way we do impeachment?
Roman funerals had real ‘emotional intelligence’
There was a tradition of preserving death masks of the departed, complete with lists of achievements
Tacitus, master of ‘government sources’
For the modern journalist, rumor and inside sources, however attractive, often generate only fake news
What could be more repellent than a bald man covered in hair?
Julius Caesar was very sensitive about his baldness, combing his thinning hair upwards over his crown
Pericles for PM: Boris should forget Augustus and stay focused on his hero
Pericles’s vision was that of a highly civilized man who loved his people
If Trump seems bad, remember Caligula
Whatever one makes of the accuracy of the journalist Michael Wolff’s depiction of President Trump, it cannot all be the…
