In a time of xenophobia, displacement and distraction, we need Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ more than ever
Circe sits before the Companies of Odysseus after having turned them into a herd of swine on the Island of Acaca. Photo by Getty...
A Trumpian farce to make the ghosts of Jefferson, Madison and Vichy France’s victims weep
Former President Thomas Jefferson, President Donald Trump, and former President James Madison. Photo by Stock Montage/Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Robert Zaretsky
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Last Friday, I received...
A great Jewish historian guided America away from war — is there no one to guide Donald Trump?
JFK signs the order of a naval blockade of Cuba, on Oct. 23, 1962. Photo by Getty Images
Robert Zaretsky
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Tomorrow will mark the...