Babel: Not the origin of linguistic diversity

Last year, a friend asked if I thought the story of Babel in Genesis was a historical explanation for the diversity of languages in the world. (If you don’t know the story, it’s Genesis 11:1-9, and it’s commonly thought of as an origin story for why there are so many languages in the world.) I

Memories of the 1984 Famine in Chad

The World Food Program has been warning that disruptions related to COVID-19 could double the number of people in the world who are facing a food crisis, even to the point of being threatened with starvation. Those of us living in the wealthiest countries of the world have only heard about famine from history and