The ancient Greeks' three-part persuasion formula is still the best standard for judging the effectiveness of any speaker.

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The Hellenistic period was a veritable cauldron of ambition, betrayal, and sheer bloodlust. It was an era marked by dramatic ...

Nepali political friendships are less about collective visions and more about calculated self-interest.

In the science of philosophy, there is a principle called the principle of contradiction which says that two propositions are ...

Pope Francis, who said Americans should vote for the “lesser of two evils,” used a phrase that isn't always fully understood.

The Democrats’ repositioning as the party of “normalcy” undercuts its history of emancipatory social movements and ...

On the eastern coast of Halkidiki in Greece lie the ruins of ancient Stagira, the birthplace of the great philosopher ...

Jokes about the elderly are socially acceptable, but it's not so funny when an elder is abused or neglected. In all ...

Russia did not become a liberal democracy, and nor did a number of its former satrapies. Few people have had more opportunity ...

A new Emerson College Polling/The Hill poll shows Donald Trump with a slight lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania. The poll of ...

Election wagers have long been banned in the United States. But for a brief period on Thursday, a regulated prediction market ...