The Problem with Always Siding with the Underdog
Why Garry Trudeau is wrong about Charlie Hebdo.
April 15, 2015
Why Did Late Bronze-Age Civilization Collapse?
Climate change, drought, earthquakes, invasions, rebellions.
In the early 12th century BCE, the civilizations of Egypt, Greece, the Levant, and Mesopotamia experienced some sort of major catastrophe. For a long time, historians pointed at the invasion of marauders known as the Sea Peoples, but this explanation has proved insufficient. To the archaeologist Eric Cline, as Julia Fridman writes, the real culprit was a confluence of unrelated factors (free registration required):
April 15, 2015
Russia Considers Selling Iran Powerful Missiles; the U.S. Shrugs
American “red lines” aren’t what they used to be.
Connecticut College Surrenders to the Digital Lynch Mob
A professor compared Hamas to “a rabid pit-bull.” Guess what happened next.
The Baruch Brothers Choir: Serbian Jewry’s 136-Year-Old Singing Group
3,300 Jews in Serbia, and a choir.
Why Did Late Bronze-Age Civilization Collapse?
Climate change, drought, earthquakes, invasions, rebellions.