Sometime around 1780-70 B.C., the Babylonian King Hammurabi promulgated the now famous Code of Hammurabi, covering both civil and criminal law. The code is said to have informed both Jewish and ...

From Judge James Peterson's decision Friday in Ervins v. Sun Prairie Area School Dist. (W.D. Wis.): February 1 was the first day of Black History Month, so Black history was part of the curriculum at ...

DORCHESTER, S.C. (WCBD) – Parents of a student at St. George Middle School in Dorchester District 4 (DD4) are expressing concerns about a recent homework assignment they feel was inappropriate.

Israeli archaeologists say they have found two 3,700-year-old clay tablets that appear to contain legal pronouncements similar to the Code of Hammurabi and the biblical "tooth for a tooth" rule. The ...

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Charles Bronson's mustachioed bloodlust in Death Wish may be a '70s cinematic touchstone, but his iconic thug-slugging vigilante, Paul Kersey, was nearly 4,000 years in the making. Sparked by his wife ...

Last week, I described some judgments of personality that took place in the letters, verses, and inscriptions of individuals in the ancient Middle East circa 850 BCE. The judgments of individuals in ...