Monthly Archives: February, 2025

The Ancient City (Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges)

Two things about the past are simultaneously true. First, that men and women of history, even distant history, were not, in their essence, different...

Against Gross Domestic Product

If twenty-first-century America has an idol, a graven image we collectively worship, it is Gross Domestic Product. All discussion about the flourishing of our...

Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief (Ronald Hutton)

Most know about the English Civil War, and that it ended with the execution of Charles I, in 1649. But this is not really...