Category: Opinion

The following is a post by George Maher, an actuary and classicist and author of Pugnare: Economic Success and Failure which uses the Roman Empire as a parable for our

As extreme weather events become more prevalent due to human influence on the global climate system, an increasingly salient question involves factors that enhance societal resilience. In a new paper

I seem to be telling grad students a lot lately that we bring ourselves with us everywhere we go, including into our archaeological work.  What I mean by that is

Kenneth Vernon’s wonderful CfAS blog post on How Big is the Smallest City raised some provocative questions, and I found myself, well, provoked. Itself a response to Hagit Nol’s excellent

I first went to Mongolia in 2010, as part of an effort to transform the country’s cultural heritage management system from a centralized Soviet system to a more inclusive and

Back when I was doing my PhD, and again lately after a conference in Mainz (Germany) about ancient cities, I’ve realized that we – archaeologists – often use the term

In the past few days there have been two articles presenting diametrically opposed views of the job prospects for US archaeologists. One article by Miranda Willson, “An Archaeologist Shortage Could

In a recent New York Times Magazine article, David Leonhardt points out that, across the United States, all sorts of trips, from transcontinental flights to the daily commute, take LONGER

According to the recent Summary for Urban Policymakers of the IPCC’s sixth assessment report, today urban areas house about 1/2 of the human population, generate 2/3 of its economic output,

Anthony Fauci was recently interviewed by David Wallace-Wells of the New York Times. Much of the interview turned on the lessons learned about the Covid pandemic and our society’s response.

Archaeological technician wages are low and a threat to the CRM industry..

The environments that we cooperatively build and that structure our social relationships impact our lives in fundamental ways. In a remarkable new study, the broad-brush patterns between how we use

One cannot look at the news today without having to face the nature of governance. Is democracy worth the time spent negotiating and contesting rather than acting? Or, would a

As humanity copes with human-induced climate change, an important task is assessing geographic patterns of risk based on expected changes in various associated natural hazards. A recent study by ProPublica