Michael Shindler

Michael Shindler is a writer living in Washington, DC. His work has been published in outlets including The American Conservative, The American Spectator, and National Review Online. Follow him on Twitter @MichaelShindler.

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Parallels between the Roman Republic’s Fall and America Today: Review of Osgood’s Rome and the Making of a World State
A Parallel between the Roman Republic’s Fall and America Today: Review of Osgood’s Rome and the Making of a World State

Cynical pundits often warn we’re experiencing the “Fall of the American Republic.” Josiah Osgood’s history of the Roman Republic’s fall in “Rome and the Making of a World State” shows how there may be a broad parallel between their age and ours.

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