Historically Thinking
We believe that when people think historically, they are engaging in a disciplined way of thinking about the world and its past. We believe it gives thinkers a knack for recognizing nonsense; and that it cultivates not only intellectual curiosity and rigo
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Episode 127: King-Killers on the Run, or, The Curious Case and Afterlife of Whalley and Goffe
On Tuesday, January 30, 1649, Charles I, King of England, was beheaded. Fifty-nine men had signed his death warrant; and when, after a series of extraordinary...
Episode 126: Applying to College, or, How to Both Get in and Keep the Family Together
This is another of Historically Thinking’s occasional series on higher education, collectively titled “Higher Ed: A Guide for the Perplexed,”...
Episode 125: Asking Good Questions, or, How to Talk to People
Samuel Johnson once said "Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen. It is assuming a superiority, and it is particularly wrong to...
Episode 124: Killing for the Republic, or, the Army of Ancient Rome
One of the best known legends of Ancient Rome, perhaps of more importance to subsequent centuries and millennia than even to Rome itself, was the legendary...
Behind the Book 6: The Floggings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
The subject for today's "Behind the Book" conversation is flogging. Rather than showing you a depiction of someone having their back flayed with a whip,...
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