The rationalists came to believe that by “scientific” thought they could discover the meaning and purpose of history. As Voltaire, Condorcet and others pointed out, history was the story of ...

Good, bad or indifferent? Every Monday morning, I'll start the week with my Ten Thoughts. The idea here is simple: I write what's on my mind. The vast majority of it is going to be Mizzou-related.

that Archbishop Grindal spoke of the Scot John Morrison’s ordination as as being according to “the laudable form and rite of the reformed Church of Scotland;” that Francis Bacon thought it a ...