A reflection on a 17th-century painting by Everdingen, exploring its artistic flaws, symbolic beauty, and the historical ...

What do the KGB and the former CEO of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital have in common? Eugene Litvak. The Soviet intelligence agency and the children’s hospital have each separately looked to the ...

Among the many eccentricities against women in the name cultural religious and traditional was Mulakkaram or Breast Tax a tax forced upon the Dalit women of Travancore in order to cover their breasts ...

In centuries past, sin-eaters consumed ritual meals to take on the spiritual weight of the dead. Today, that ancient practice ...