{"id":13792,"date":"2021-07-25T12:12:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T19:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=13792"},"modified":"2021-07-25T12:12:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T19:12:10","slug":"week-in-review-connected-to-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/week-in-review-connected-to-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Week In Review: Connected to Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ <em>Private Papers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-black-background-color has-background-dim\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"13693\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/week-in-review-happy-fourth-of-july\/weekinreview-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WeekInReview.jpg?fit=600%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WeekInReview\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WeekInReview.jpg?fit=500%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WeekInReview.jpg?fit=600%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-13693\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WeekInReview.jpg?resize=600%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WeekInReview.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WeekInReview.jpg?resize=500%2C250&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:72px\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getrevue.co\/profile\/vdhanson\/issues\/week-in-review-connected-to-reality-694713\" target=\"_blank\">Connected<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:72px\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getrevue.co\/profile\/vdhanson\/issues\/week-in-review-connected-to-reality-694713\" target=\"_blank\">to Reality<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ Private Papers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-3As","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13500,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/the-classicist-memories-for-memorial-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":13792,"position":0},"title":"The Classicist: Memories for Memorial Day","author":"victorhanson","date":"June 4, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ Art19 \/\/ Private Papers Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss the firebombing of Japan, Battlefield Monuments Commission, and favorite war movies.","rel":"","context":"With 3 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 3 comments","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/the-classicist-memories-for-memorial-day\/#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13459,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/the-traditionalist-the-halls-of-congress-and-cultural-decadence\/","url_meta":{"origin":13792,"position":1},"title":"The Traditionalist &#8211; 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