Ciceronianus; causidicus

  There are figures in history renowned for their venality, dishonesty and depravity.  There have been great prodigies of corruption.  The n...

  One of the more grotesque of the peculiarities of these sad times is the sympathy being shown for the enormously rich we like to call ...

/ The cartoon above is one of a series drawn by the great American humorist James Thurber called The War Between Men and Women.  The idea of...

  What struck me as most curious about the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner was that, once I knew that no serious harm was ...

  It was Shakespeare, through his character Antonio, who originated the phrase "the devil can cite Scripture for his own purpose."...