Ciceronianus; causidicus

  The Emperor Nero may not really have fiddled while Rome burned.  After the great fire which devastated a large portion of the ancient city...

  The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein made several pithy statements I admire.  One of them is: "Make sure that your religion is a matte...

  The Antichrist is an interesting figure.  It or he is referred in the New Testament of the Bible, but not in the Old Testament.  This shou...

  In another, happier, time I was given the Beatles' White Album  (as it's popularly called) for Christmas.  The lyric that's th...

  Montaigne offers wisdom, and an example, on how to live in this dreary age: "Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." ...