Skeptophilia

You've undoubtedly heard British philosopher Thomas Hobbes 's famous quote that in the past, our forebears' lives were "nas...

It's often difficult to look at other cultures, especially ones in the distant past, in a dispassionate way, without making value judgme...

When I was a teenager, I was fascinated with the Mayans.  The history and culture -- what we knew of it at the time -- was fascinating enoug...