2023

Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education

One of the most interesting shifts in the humanities is towards ‘social relevance’ and away from traditional modes of teaching. Is it right to say that the trend began several decades ago, at the same time Classical languages declined in primary schools? Today computer programs can translate languages almost instantly. The Classics, rooted for many […]

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The Pandemic of Nuclear Trash Talk

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness After the world escaped a nuclear exchange during the Cuban missile crisis of October 1962, it has been generally understood that nuclear-armed nations did not publicly threaten their rivals and enemies with thermonuclear weapons. Of course, there were occasional lunatic exceptions to the rule. Since 2006, when the unhinged North

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