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On THE DAY my family moved into our home in Northern Virginia, we found a bottle of champagne with a card from the sellers affixed. They congratulated us on our [...]

JOEL KOTKIN'S ESSAY ('Our Neo-Feudal Future,' January) and his recent book, The Coming of Neo-Feudalism, are a valuable expansion on themes found in the alarming (and prescient) scholarship of political [...]

"The World Persia Made" by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones explores the ancient Persian empire and challenges the popular Greek narrative that portrays the Persians as exotic, brutal, and weak. Llewellyn-Jones argues that the Persians were culturally and socially sophisticated, economically strong, militarily powerful, and intellectually gifted. The book highlights the impressive achievements of the Persians, such as their tolerant governance, extensive transportation network, and magnificent building projects like Persepolis. However, some of Llewellyn-Jones's claims, such as the Persians introducing trousers to the world, are met with skepticism. The book also examines the biases and propagandist qualities of Greek sources, while acknowledging the importance of analyzing ancient writers like Herodotus with a healthy sense of skepticism. Overall, "The World Persia Made" presents a different perspective on Persian civilization and its contributions to history. [Extracted from the article]

Another summer, another moving season in Northern Virginia, a region filled with peripatetic military and federal families. Some folks, like us, move by choice--our three-bedroom townhome with no yard had [...]

I was surprised by two points Meghan Sullivan made in her otherwise very insightful reflection on the relationship between faith and reason ('Uneasy Grace,' April). First, she appeals to the [...]