Last month, I gave a talk at my alma mater, Georgetown, to its Tocqueville Forum. I recently wrote about the experience, and explained the mission of this wonderful intellectual society here.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
The Tyrant's Hopelessness
Another outstanding article by Jakub Grygiel, of Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced and International Studies, this time on the pathology of tyrants. As usual, Grygiel plumbs classical authors to look at the mindset of those seemingly without political restraint. It's well worth a read, as is everything Grygiel writes. You can find the article, on The American Interest, here.
New DNA Evidence on the Origins of Indo-European Languages
Interesting article from Nature on new DNA evidence of a hitherto, unknown "third wave" of Eurasian steppe invaders into Europe, from 5,000 years ago. How researchers are able to make the leap from DNA to linguistics is beyond me, and not explained in the article, but it's fascinating, nonetheless. The article is here.
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