Over three decades after his resignation ended the USSR, how much has changed?
“Joshua Was Here”
What are the politics of excavating the past in modern Jerusalem?
Bad Citizens in a Democracy
The Athenian experiment gives us hope
Socrates Moves Right
Contrary to contemporary conservative opinion, the sage of Athens may not be democracy’s best friend
FORUM: The End of Roe, Day Two
A time to listen
Dinner and a Show: Summer Edition
For fathers, all the world’s a stage—even the front yard
The Poetical Souls of Russian Dictators
What do we make of these creatures of contrasts—and literature on the lips of war criminals?
From Grandpa Lenin with Love
A Soviet childhood leaves its traces on the heart—even as the mind wonders why
Can Writing (And Reading) Military History Be an Act of Compassion?
Aeschylus prompts us to consider other ways of seeing war—past and present
Putin’s Heritage of Lethal Incompetence
While Russian school children joked about the Soviet regime, Vladimir Putin’s schooling took a deadly turn
National Sins and Gag Orders
Georgia’s proposed bills overlook one crucial truth: It’s the truth that sets us free
Questions That Plague Us
As Omicron hits, an ancient call to community offers orientation
What Fruit Do Universities Bear?
Free inquiry without ethics endangers freedom
Conspiracy or Hoax?
The fading of a republic yields harbingers aplenty
Pricing Human Life
A late antique bishop forces a rethinking of the Texas abortion law
Changes in the Classics
Does curricular reform at Princeton warrant the conservative critique?