Wendy McElroy

This rich culture of East Africa, known in the Bible as Abyssinia, claims descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Under a Marxist regime, however,...

Strategically located, the Philippine Islands have been one of the keys to American policy in the Pacific. But this loose island chain has a bitter history,...

Following World War II, the United States and Soviet Russia vied for dominance around the world in an intense contest called the Cold War. Both Korea and...

Recent events have made it clear that the Soviet Union is not a monolith; it's a collection of nationalities, many with serious objection to union. The...

World War II redrew the map of the world. No longer would Europe be the center of power. As the continent exhausted itself in yet another war, two new...

South Africa has become the world's symbol of racism. From the moment the Dutch colonists set foot on the Cape in 1652, this nation has steered a straight...

Machiavelli wrote The Prince for his ruler as a guide for gaining and keeping power. Central themes of his essay are the relation between politics and...

The United States at War SeriesBy the turn of the twentieth century, the United States had evolved from a colony into an international power. As a result of...

In 1776 the thirteen American colonies, refusing to pay unjust taxes, declared their independence from Britain. The resulting years of war became known as...

The Roman Empire became Christian in AD 323; about two centuries later, the rest of Europe began to convert. Medieval culture blurred the line between the...

Bertrand Russell and A.N. Whitehead coauthored a seminal work in logic entitled Principia Mathematica. Russell wrote on virtually every aspect of philosophy,...

In an age of conflicting intellectual trends, some philosophers have lost faith in the everyday relevance of philosophy; others have affirmed that reflection...

On April 9, 1865, General Lee surrendered what remained of his Confederate Army. But what had the North won? The United States of America was now one nation,...

Central Europe's ancient civilizations have long been dominated by empires: the Roman Empire, the Habsburg Empire, based in Austria, and more recently, the...

Colombia in the 1980s became known for its role in the illegal drug trade, and for political instability and violence caused by this problem. But much of...

C. S. Peirce was an authentic American genius who developed a tough-minded pragmatism and a sweeping philosophy of evolutionary love. William James, a...

By the end of World War I, Britain had promised control of Palestine both to Arabs and Jews. Each of these peoples claimed a longstanding right to the same...

Two Treatises of Government is the most famous and influential defense of limited government ever published. Written during a period of increasing opposition...

The Constitution of the United States created a nation with a strong centralized government. In 1791, the Constitution was amended to include ten amendments,...