Christian Science Monitor

‘The Light Ages’ argues for a rebranding of the medieval period

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Yahoo

The Idea of the 'Dark Ages' Is a Myth. Here's Why Medieval Scientific Progress Still Matters

“Residents frustrated at ‘medieval’ cellphone coverage in the Far North,” ran the headline on a New Zealand news website. Communities on the shores of the Pacific Ocean were fed up with constant poor ...
Christian Science Monitor

The gilded pages that brought light to the Dark Ages

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
National Review

Were The ‘Dark Ages’ Dark?

Comey Case Developments: (4) Selective, Vindictive Prosecution Motion Is Coming Comey Case Developments: (3) Insufficiency of the Indictment Comey Case Developments: (1) The Perp Walk That Wasn’t The ...
The Economist

The intellectual flare of the so-called dark ages

The Light Ages. By Seb Falk. W.W. Norton; 320 pages; $30. Allen Lane; £20. IN THE 11TH century, nearly 500 years before Leonardo da Vinci drew a similar flying machine, a young monk called Eilmer ...