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History is written by the victors, and the victors are men. This assumption colors our view of every past era: The fittest survive. The strongest rule. “Human nature” is intrinsically warlike. The record tells a different story. Across the globe, over millennia?immortalized in bone, stone, and fired clay?archaeologists find: women. From 40,000 years ago until…
Few people have made a bigger mark on history–and lived such an adventurous life–as Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE). A sickly orphan boy who would climb to the top of the Roman Empire, his life was nothing short of legendary. How could Julius, a scrawny, penniless teenager, become Caesar, the most powerful man in the world?…
What do you do when your mother can’t remember who you are? You catch the first flight from your adopted home of London to your original hometown of Cedar Rapids, lowa, where she’s hospitalized, injured, and struggling with the swirling disorientation of dementia. You take responsibility for finding her new (and, perhaps, final) home–although insurance…
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