I've tried so far to keep this blog out of politics, but with a president now elected, and a friend pointing me to this column in The Guardian, and I could not resist:
The new Cicero
Barack Obama's speeches are much admired and endlessly analysed, but, says Charlotte Higgins, one of their most interesting aspects is the enormous debt they owe to the oratory of the Romans.
Barack Obama's speeches are much admired and endlessly analysed, but, says Charlotte Higgins, one of their most interesting aspects is the enormous debt they owe to the oratory of the Romans.
Hat tip to Aulus
Happy Thanksgiving!
