history

  The Illusion of Choice: The Salt Shaker’s Reign There is a subtle, gritty irony in the fact that the most ubiquitous objects on a restaura...

  The Map of "Mine": Why Historical Claims are Political Fiction If we accepted the "I ruled it once, so it’s mine forever...

  The Cycle of the Educated but Unwise: A Recurrent Tragedy in History History often repeats itself, though the costumes and languages chang...

  Open Societies vs. Closed Societies: A Fundamental Divide In an increasingly interconnected world,  nations often present a façade of mode...