by Nomad What is a "civic duty" and why has the idea become so important in recent days? A Quaint Old Fashioned Phrase ...

by Nomad Keeping the decision to go to war out of the hands of a single person has long been considered a prudent policy, dating back ...

by Nomad This post will take us on a merry ride through history, both ancient and modern. It involves a murder of a tyrant and a play ...

by Nomad In this first of a two-part post, I want to go back to one of the most important moments of Western history, when the Roman Rep...

by Nomad A   cynical observation about economic inequality has been handed down to us from Ancient Imperial Rome. Here are the words- as...