Ciceronianus; causidicus

  I'm overwhelmed with wonder whenever I think of the Eighteenth Amendment to our Constitution, by which the production, sale and tr...

Pictured above (supposedly) are Pelagius, founder of the Pelagian heresy, and Augustine of Hippo; one a heretic and one a saint.  Sadly, ...

  Perhaps it's in the nature of humanity's constructions to dissolve over time, as we do ourselves.  Perhaps the proud early slo...

These Latin words, most famously used by Cicero in two of his speeches in defense of persons accused of crime, are generally translated a...

A Happy Ash Wednesday to all! Well, it comes after carnival, so it seems appropriate that a post about Ash Wednesday would follow one ab...