Among world's three major philosophic traditions, Chinese philosophy excels in ethical discourse. As a collective wisdom on a par with Aristotle's "Ethics" and Kant's "Critique of Practical Reason", ...

In the broad transepts of Westminster Abbey, a thousand peers and ladies sat, clothed in velvet and miniver, dazzling in their show of decorations won in peace and war. In the nave, the chivalry of ...

The Epic Of Gilgamesh - written by a Middle Eastern scholar 2,500 years before the birth of Christ - commemorated the life of the ruler of the city of Uruk, from which Iraq gets its name. Now, a ...

Like he was the king of Swing on the cricket field, the best-ever seamer in cricket history Wasim Akram showed his kingliness in words and sentiments off the field as well when coming online at The ...

The eldest son of Edmund I, and great-grandson to Alfred the Great, Eadwig became king of England from late 955. He likely would have been around 15 years of age – and according to accounts, his rule ...

In the 1787 Constitutional Convention, the framers were clear on what they were NOT creating: a monarchy. One delegate expressed the group’s absolute conviction that the founding document must exclude ...

James Earl Jones introduced me to August Wilson by way of his play “Fences.” Our acquaintance was forged indirectly and vicariously, I should say, through my mother. In 1986, Mom was a season ticket ...