- “Large statistical models have compared data from thousands of languages, and the results appear to confirm the suppositions of earlier investigators, Socrates included.”
- The fall of Rome, revisited again.
- “For the past 75 years, academics have been telling a story about how we enhance democratic dialogue and understanding. Yet we don’t really believe it,” writes Jonathan Zimmerman.
- On preserving Iranian civilization, according to Joshua Katz.
- The “hermeneutic of persistence” extended Greek and Roman religion into later periods.