The Odyssey Hullabaloo

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Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Acclaimed British filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s (The Dark Knight, Oppenheimer) newest film, The Odyssey, opens this week in the United States. But controversy has already surrounded Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s 2,700-year-old epic poem about Odysseus’s 10-year struggle to return home after the Achaian victory in the decade-long Trojan War. Some of the film’s… Continue reading The Odyssey Hullabaloo

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California Politics, Greek Mythology, and The Future of the West

California’s political dysfunction, growing concerns over immigration and election integrity, and declining trust in public institutions reflect a broader struggle over accountability, governance, and national identity. Questions surrounding border security, demographic change, public safety, and political leadership continue to shape debates across the United States while voters increasingly question whether government institutions are serving the… Continue reading California Politics, Greek Mythology, and The Future of the West

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Southern Poverty Law Center Under Fire: Allegations of Funding Extremists, Plus Iran Strategy

New allegations against the Southern Poverty Law Center this week raise serious questions about how donor money may have been used behind the scenes. Like fire brigades in ancient Rome accused of lighting the fires they responded to, the Southern Poverty Law Center is accused of ginning up the same white supremacist violence they fundraised… Continue reading Southern Poverty Law Center Under Fire: Allegations of Funding Extremists, Plus Iran Strategy

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We Are in Need of Renaissance People

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The songwriter, actor, country/western singer, musician, U.S. Army veteran, helicopter pilot, accomplished rugby player and boxer, Rhodes scholar, Pomona College and University of Oxford degreed, and summa cum laude literature graduate, Kris Kristofferson, recently died at 88. Americans may have known him best for writing smash hits like “Me and… Continue reading We Are in Need of Renaissance People

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A Review of “Warriors into Traders”

by Victor Davis Hanson Journal of Interdisciplinary History Warriors into Traders: The Power of the Market in Early Greece. By David W. Tandy (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1997) 296 pp. $45.00 Share This

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