The Chronicle of Higher Education

Lessons in Ancient Greek

When Harry Richter, age 8, was picking a second language to learn, he went for the obvious choice: ancient Greek. “It’s just the first thing that popped into my head,” says Harry, a second-grade ...

Five lessons about misinformation from ancient Greek and Roman scientists

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...
American Enterprise Institute

Greek Lessons for Puerto Rico

It is said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Sadly, this adage appears again about to be proved true by the way in which the United States Congress is dealing, or more ...
Reason

Lessons of ancient Greek democracy for the modern world

In an interesting recent article in Foreign Affairs, Josiah Ober - a leading academic expert on ancient Greek democracy - argues that there is much we can learn from the Greek experience that could be ...
Forbes

The Greek Lesson: Never Underestimate The Ability Of Politicians To Screw Up

As we survey the bombed out rubble of the Greek economy this morning we should consider the major lesson of it to us all: We should never underestimate the ability of politicians to entirely screw up ...
The Economist

Han Kang’s new novel, “Greek Lessons”, is a reflection on loss

Greek Lessons. By Han Kang. Translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won. Hogarth; 192 pages; $26. Hamish Hamilton; £16.99 Han Kang was already a literary star in South Korea when “The Vegetarian” ...
American Enterprise Institute

Greek Lessons for Puerto Rico

It is said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Sadly, this seems to be the case with respect to the Puerto Rican government and its Oversight Board in their handling of ...