We are afraid to ask questions to the power brokers of our time, which makes us more likely to accept easy answers.

What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government ...

During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great ...

Prologue I spent about eight days in late September-early October 2025 with my son and his family traveling in Greece. We started with Kefalonia / ...

Now that the war in Gaza appears to have come to an end and Hamas has returned the remaining 20 living hostages to their families, we can fully expect Israel’s ...

Long before Pericles' Golden Age, an aristocrat named Cleisthenes laid the true foundation for Athenian democracy.

The ancient Greeks believed friendship was far more serious than a few hours of chatting and banter with your best friends.