Citizenship began as the idea that free people could govern themselves rather than live as subjects. In the American tradition, that system depends on more than formal rights: it requires an independent middle class, civic education, successful assimilation, and a shared national allegiance. When those foundations weaken, the common bonds that make self-government possible weaken with them.
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Hoover Institution fellow, decorated military historian and bestselling author Prof. Barry Strauss was awarded the U.S. Naval War College’s 2026 Hattendorf Prize during a ceremony at the institution’s Newport, Rhode Island, campus on Sept. 9.
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My first full week of work on Policy Planning began on Monday, September 10, 2001. And that first day did go smoothly.
September 11, 2026
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Christopher Nolan’s controversial film version of Homer’s Odyssey apparently aims to make the 2,700-year-old epic poem more entertaining, instructive, and accessible to contemporary global audiences. But in doing so, Nolan has diminished the dynamic hero Odysseus and the exhilarating age in which he lived, at the dawn of Western civilization.
September 17, 2026
