Ciceronianus; causidicus

Edgar Poe (I understand he preferred not to be called "Allan" as he and his foster or adopted father of that name didn't g...

A comparison of the coronavirus, or Covid-19, with the great plagues of the past is probably premature.  Millions must die first if ...

What better way to illustrate the smug, cruel, hectoring and thoughtless nature of the times then through this later sketch by Goya?  S...

Ambrose Bierce, a remarkable man, has been mentioned by me before in the blog.  Soldier of the Union in the Civil War, journalist, author,...

Our leaders are either sinister or buffoons, or sinister buffoons (the latter are arguably more dangerous, as it is impossible to take ...