The Republic by Plato — The Book That Made Me Want to Be a Philosopher
A book review of Plato’s Republic from a Brooklyn dropout who found philosophy in a classroom and never left. What Socrates did to my brain in one semester.
The Republic by Plato — The Book I Carry on My Skin
Plato did not write The Republic as a philosophy textbook. He wrote it as a…
The Greek Diner Owners of Long Island: An Immigrant Story Told in Coffee and Eggs
The Long Island diner didn’t build itself. Here’s the labor history behind why Greek immigrants dominated the diner industry — and what’s being lost as their generation turns over.
The Authentic Greek Gyro Platter: Slicing Spit-Roasted Lamb and Crafting Tzatziki from Scratch
Lamb on a vertical spit is one of the oldest cooking methods in human memory…
Who Killed Homer? by Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath — The Murder of the Ancient World and Why It Still Matters
Few academic books arrive with both the fury of a polemic and the grief of…
Five Dialogues by Plato: The Book That Teaches You How to Question Everything
Questioning is a skill most people believe they already possess. They do not. Most of…
