A Dropout and a PhD Celebrate the Great American Nobodies

A Dropout and a PhD Celebrate the Great American Nobodies
Oliver Anthony performs in Nashville on Feb. 21, 2024. Jason Kempin/Getty Images
Susan D. Harris
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Recently, singer-songwriter Oliver Anthony, a high school dropout who lives in a log cabin in the woods, and historian Victor Davis Hanson, who holds a doctorate in classics, both gave passionate speeches expressing their faith in the American people, past and present.