Reading Gibbon in the Age of Trump

Jul 17th 2025 10:12am EDT

4,727 words   When I was in the army in the mid-70s, I was posted to Frankfurt, Germany and spent a lot of time catching up on my reading. Some guys in my company devoured books, the vast majority westerns, sci-fi, and the occasional odd jobs like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Repair. There […]

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