Ghulf Genes

Strikes me that one symptom of a major change in culture—from a religious age to a secular—is that thinkers of the era find it necessary to ...

Speaking of orienting oneself in time, I’ve become quite fond of well-constructed timelines, certainly reading them—but above all in the va...

Stop eatin’ that fudge ’Cause here comes the judge         [Shorty Long, 1968] Herewith an example of how memories are evoked. A while ba...

One of the most striking features of Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War is how modern that account sounds to our ears. That war—I think of i...

As Harriet followed Miss Lydgate across the lawn, she was visited by an enormous nostalgia. If only one could come back to this quiet place,...