The theory of an ancient Aryan invasion of the Indian subcontinent was first proposed by William Jones, a British philologist in the 18th Century. At the time a stunning and original theory, Jones proposed a common root language to European languages and Sanskrit, writing that: Observing what he took to be two distinct Aryan and... Read More

The Vietnam War is recognized as one of the major foreign policy blunders in recent US history. Its casualties include more than fifty-eight thousand American lives lost, a hundred and fifty thousand US soldiers wounded, three million deaths in Vietnam, and a million deaths in Cambodia and Laos. The environmental damage to Vietnam and Laos... Read More