The Trouble With Genealogy, and More

Fragments of evidence do not cohere into ironclad facts.

We imagine Medieval inquisition to be all torture and confessions of Satanic activity. But a good deal of it was bland bureaucracy... more »

The trouble with genealogy: Fragments of evidence do not cohere into ironclad facts... more »

"Stories are indispensable, nourishing and delightful,” says Ian Leslie. “They are also attacks on the rational immune sys…