Ciceronianus; causidicus

"Fear is an idiot" according to Ambrose Bierce.  As I recall, his point was that fear is unintelligent, indeed stupid in the extre...

       Brevity can be a desirable thing in American politics.  A political speech that is brief and to the point would be admirable, for exa...

It's arguable that Napoleon Bonaparte was the most able person who ever lived.   All know he was a military genius.  But I refer to his ...

"Occult" when used as an adjective means closed, concealed, shut off from view.  As such it may refer to something mysterious, and...

Let's retire, for a moment, from the turbulence of these wretched times, and consider philosophy. John Dewey thought that the most perva...