Hoisted from Comments: John from Cappadocia Emails About Victor Davis Hanson, Procopius of Caesarea, and Maureen Dowd

Hoisted from Comments: John from Cappadocia:

Wingnut Harmonic Convergence: Hoover Institution Department (Or, Denouncing the Illiterate Brown People Is Best Done by Somebody Who Knows How to Spell "Dam" and "Roll"): Brad--

It does strike me that there are powerful similarities between Procopius of Caesarea and one New York Times columnist, Maureen Dowd. Consider the most famous passage that Procopius ever wrote, from his History of the Campaigns of Belisarius:

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