Modern-day sophistry goes by various names: Disinformation, political spins, propaganda-setting, and now, after Donald ...

Nepali political friendships are less about collective visions and more about calculated self-interest.

On the eastern coast of Halkidiki in Greece lie the ruins of ancient Stagira, the birthplace of the great philosopher ...

The ancient Greeks' three-part persuasion formula is still the best standard for judging the effectiveness of any speaker.

Aristotle is said to have coined the phrase “nature abhors a vacuum” — or “horror vacui” in Latin — as a principle in the physical world. However it applies equally well to politics, particularly in a ...

Glenn Ellmers on the shortcomings of “Democracy in America” today.

Think of Jackie Kennedy and there might be two images which come to mind. One, being a prim first lady in the early 1960s ...

Elyse Reznik, a self-described “political nerd” from Los Angeles, turned 18 in February and by March, she was already voting ...

It's an illusion that has left everyone from the worlds of philosophy and science perplexed for thousands of years - but why ...

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Over the decades, the traditional American cult of the individual as hero has lost much of its aura, being replaced by a new cult of the victim who is owed apology and compensation.