Ironically, considering the system is used to describe precise calendar years, it’s impossible to say exactly when the “A.D.” ...

On Dec. 31, people from cultures all around the world will be raising a toast to welcome in A.D. 2022. Few of them will think about the fact that A.D. signals “anno Domini,” Latin for “in the year of ...

Even a casual reader of history will have noticed over the past many years that the antiseptic term Common Era (CE) has slowly but surely replaced the elegant Anno Domini (AD) as the marker of the ...

At this time of year, people often do holiday posts. I’ve never done that. I’m going to do it this time, and then probably never do it again. Close friends of mine know that at the Merkel household, ...