By Matthew G. Andersson The warrior culture of Sparta, and the effort that went into winning World War II have much to teach us.
AI:Leland Vittert dismantles the far-left media’s absurd attempt to equate ICE enforcement with Nazi Germany, a tactic used by mainstream outlets to diminish the actual horrors of the Holocaust while criminalizing American sovereignty. Meanwhile, Scott Bessent is preparing economic warfare against Iran that will make current sanctions look like child's play, signaling a massive shift in how this administration handles global threats. As China races to dominate AI and higher education continues its rapid descent into leftist indoctrination, the nation faces a fundamental crisis of identity. The current state of the Republic demands a return to the Spartan warrior ethos and the uncompromising total mobilization seen during World War II to…Open
The latest woke fad is but a brief moment in the span of Hellenic history. The post Taki’s Hellas of Heroes appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Taki’s Hellas of Heroes The latest woke fad is but a brief moment in the span of Hellenic history. TakiMag I write this from the ancient land of Homeric heroes, Hellas, better known to the rest of you as Greece. Hellas has given us democracy, philosophy, tragedy, comedy, oligarchy, oratory, and ostracism. We also invented the Olympic Games, in which amateur athletes competed for a laurel wreath, and some died for it during the pankration competition. (It was like MMA but much rougher, and many expired rather than surrender.) Half of Greek males today are called Alexander—after the great king—and many others are…Open
History’s winners take a beating at the movies. The post The Ancient Greeks’ Blackened Reputation appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag The Ancient Greeks’ Blackened Reputation History’s winners take a beating at the movies. TakiMag (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images) My friend Michael Mailer is an extremely talented film director and producer, most recently of Cutman and Little Audrey, the latter a true story about a little girl that created miracles. Michael’s father, the novelist Norman Mailer, taught me how to headbutt, and when I asked him if there was brain damage involved, he looked nonplussed. “Writers have harder heads than normal people,” he said. Be that as it may, Norman was a frustrated movie director. He…Open
The president probably hasn’t read Thucydides, but he can still see when it’s time to cut losses. The post The Donald’s Doomed Persian Adventure appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag The Donald’s Doomed Persian Adventure The president probably hasn’t read Thucydides, but he can still see when it’s time to cut losses. TakiMag Predicting the outcome of war is a tricky business, especially nowadays with the Donald at the helm playing Alexander the Great while listening to Iago Netanyahu. So, any wisdom offered is from the past, Athens and Sparta to be exact, the former back then being the equivalent of the United States today. We all know the result: Athens, the Greek superpower, took on more than it could accomplish. Back in 431 BC, when the Peloponnesian War began, Athens was the richest and…Open
Trump and Bibi are following Alexander, but without the Greek’s honor or panache. The post Conquerors of the World appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag Conquerors of the World Trump and Bibi are following Alexander, but without the Greek’s honor or panache. TakiMag The land was called Persia, and in 500 BC was the most powerful state in the known world. It ruled most of central Asia and lorded from the Balkans to Egypt. The name Iran was given to the ancient nation much later on by a minor officer–turned-emperor called Pahlavi in order to make the place sound less Arabic and more Arian. Persia met its Waterloo when successive Persian kings decided to occupy Greek city states around 490 BC. All you history buffs know the rest. Marathon came first in 490, when the…Open