Selected Articles

“We’ve Been Getting the Ancient Greeks All Wrong: Solving the Classics’ Identity Crisis,” The Hedgehog Review, Spring 2026

“Science? Who Needs It?” Dublin Review of Books, Fall 2025

"A Crack in the Cosmos," Dublin Review of Books, Summer 2025.

"From Memory to Innovation: The Vowel Revolution in the Making of the Modern Mind," The Hedgehog Review, Fall 2018.

"The Coming Classics Revolution, Part II: Synthesis," Arion 23.2 Fall 2015

“The Coming Classics Revolution, Part I: Argument,” Arion 22.3 Winter 2015

“The ‘Curious Mixture of Signs’ That Is Hieroglyphics,” Arion 20.3 Winter 2013.

“Who Owns Reason?” Arion 19.2 Fall 2011.

“How Did God Get Started?” Arion 18.2 Fall 2010.

“The Mystery of Socrates’ Last Words,” Arion 16.2 Fall 2008.

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