Today’s video podcast tackles four topics:
One. On Monday afternoon, Trump announced that he was calling off a planned military strike that was to have taken place today, since the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE promised that—honest!—this time there really is a deal with Iran on the table. I support Trump’s war effort 100%, but I worry that he’s being played.
Two. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is almost ready to hit the theaters. That gives me a chance to talk about bad translations, boring teachers, my real problem with the story itself (and the Greek myths, too).
Three. I believe that Great Men and Women create history, and that the left is lying when it tells young people otherwise. Throughout history, change starts with individuals who have the power to bring down kingdoms.
Four. The American public education model is an awful one. A very expensive private school is using AI to beat it, but it basically just seems to be a space-age Montessori approach, and that’s a good thing. If you can put your children in Montessori, go for it.
· 0:00 Introduction
· 1:24 Is Iran playing Trump to buy time?
· 14:20 The problems with The Odyssey
· 27:07 The Great Man (and Woman) approach to the past and present
· 41:16 The problem with education and the Montessori solution