Editor’s Note: This morning’s outing with the famed Roman rhetorician attempts to come to grips with the implications of the Obama legacy. The essay mines a concept also articulated this morning by Angelo M. Codevilla, a naval officer, Foreign Service Officer and senior fellow at the Claremont institute. His essay “After the Republic” discusses where […]

The coming election will, in no small part, be decided by who decides not to vote. Hot Air explains: Good thing neither of the two parties is depending very heavily on young adults to replicate their high turnout in 2008 and 2012, eh? Democrats must be wondering what it’s going to take. Bernie Sanders is […]

Editor’s note: the reflections of an ancient Roman orator and philosopher do not necessarily reflect the views of the Socotra House Editorial Board, the Department of Defense or the American Red Cross. The views expressed are those of the noted lecturer. But I worked for the PFD, too.- Vic Tacitus Speaks The PFD I’ve been […]

Gentle Readers, Tacitus, our Roman correspondent, has been out to see America on the ground these past few weeks. He has just returned from an epic road trip, of which correspondent Arias and I were a small part. We shared the view from the road, at least a thousand miles of it, anyway, and I […]