In his homily, Leo offered a meditation on sin and said the ashes that Christians receive bear the "weight of a world that is ablaze, of entire cities destroyed by war.” ...

The word "Olympics" is rooted in ancient Greece. In Greek mythology, the gods would descend from Mount Olympus into the town ...

On The Political and Strategic History of the World, Vol. I, by Conrad Black.

The year 476 AD is often described as the moment the Roman Empire fell. But what actually happened? Romulus Augustus was deposed by Odoacer, a Germanic general serving within the Roman system. The ...

After the end of the war in Ukraine, what would be the nature of a European order that included Russia instead of marginalizing it? What is the future for Europe in an increasingly multipolar world?

In southern Italy, where my grandparents had lived, there were few opportunities. The society was static, with rigid social ...

The initial mistake was embracing the anti-nationalist philosophy that Soviet communism had implanted. It metastasized in the ...

Even in the cold, book readers were out in force around town — on trains, waiting for the Metro, at the gym and walking down the street.

Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being ...

The fall of the Western Roman Empire was not a single event but a chain reaction. Key battles such as Adrianople, the Frigidus River, the Catalonian Plains, and Cape Bon drained manpower, morale, and ...

There’s a saying that, when Rome falls, the whole world will fall. Which frankly seems a little melodramatic and egotistical ...

This article appears in the March 2026 print edition with the headline “How America Got So Sick.” ...