In U.S. history there once was the American Party, commonly known as the Know-Nothing Party. It emerged in the 1850s, ...

Where did it come from? Is it a genre, or more of a style, or an attitude? They then plunge into their first text, The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus, a prose satire from 1511 that lampoons ...

A great book of wisdom in the 15th century by the philosopher Erasmus — “In Praise of Folly” — remains a classic. He wrote there: “Whoever among you thinks himself wise must become a foo ...