Geoffrey Clarfield

I recently visited Trinity College at Cambridge University. I was based in London, so I took the “fast train” from…

A few days ago, on October 1, 2025, Dr. Jane Goodall, world-famous primatologist, writer, and conservationist, died. She was 91. …

In 2007 New York City-based professor and economist William Easterly published his intentionally provocative book, White Man’s Burden: Why the…

Today we commemorate the birthday of Sir Moses Montefiore, born on Oct. 24, 1784, and who passed away peacefully in…

I have read about the Coliseum of Rome since I was a pre-teen interested in Roman history and civilization. I…

Scholars have regularly argued that the Founding Fathers of the United States were well versed in the history and thinking…