With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot.
I love the wry motto of the Paleontological Society meant both literally and...
Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative...
Goethe died in 1832. As you know Goethe was very active in science. In fact...
I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However science used to...
Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing done by...
In science 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be...
If I don't make it I'll be very sad that there are things I didn't do but...
Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages the abstraction known as...
Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life few injustices...
If I had been elected president in 1948 history would be vastly different. I...
For most of our history Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from...
There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply...
This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime who degrades...
What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one...
History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women...
In the history of America we've never had an energy plan. We don't even...
For all history up to the end of the Cold War summit meetings were historic...
The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One...
Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history which is...