Ciceronianus; causidicus

 Chrysippus was the third leader of the school of Stoicism, after Zeno and Cleanthes.  It's said that he died while laughing at his own ...

  God help me, but I went there again.  As I make this confession I'm inspired to ask myself--and you by implication--why did I do so?  ...

It's remarkable how small, mean and petty we seem, now, in comparison with those who came before.   Think of past leaders in politics, a...

The State of Tennessee, famous as the state in which the Scopes "Monkey Trial" took place, has apparently sought once more to disp...

In February of each year, just as folk gather to discover whether a groundhog "sees" his shadow, our national political representa...