Foreign-Policy Advice for the Next President
Reward friends, punish enemies.
November 11, 2016
A Quixotic Search for Ancient Atheists
Battling the Gods.
In Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World, Tim Whitmarsh examines the evidence that there were ancient Greeks and Romans who denied the existence of the gods and professed their nonbelief to others, even if they did so cautiously. Richard F. Thomas calls the book “stimulating and learned,” and praises its combination of scholarly seriousness with lucid writing, but ultimately concludes that its author is looking for something that isn’t there:
November 11, 2016
The Crisis at the International Criminal Court Proves the U.S. and Israel Right
It could never fulfill its noble mission, and it never tried.
Iran Violates the Nuclear Deal—and the White House Makes Its Indifference Clear
This isn’t the first time.
Why Did God Choose Abraham? Because He Was Fit to Be a Father
To know the mind of God we simply need to know what it is to be a parent.
A Quixotic Search for Ancient Atheists
Battling the Gods.