Woodrow Wilson still holds the distinction of being the only president in US history with a Ph.D. His intellectual and political legacy are significant to say the least. This post discusses the question "What are we to make of Woodrow Wilson?"

Khalid Mohtaseb shot this footage while on assignment in Haiti following last month’s earthquake.

In 1864, Ulysses S. Grant was named Supreme Commander of the Union Army. This move left William Tecumseh Sherman as Union commander in the western theater of the Civil War. Best remembered for his destructive March to the Sea, this post revists a somewhat controversial question: Was Sherman a hero or a villain?

The Allegory of the Cave appears in The Republic, Plato's famous dialogue on justice. This post highlights a video interpretation of that allegory. What is the message or thought Plato is trying to convey?