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When an audience applauded him, Plutarch tells us, the Athenian statesman Phocion asked a friend whether he had just said something foolish. Where will we find his like today?
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces conduct maintenance on tanks at the Adazi Military Base in Latvia on Aug. 27, 2025. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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