Versailles on the Potomac

Versailles on the Potomac

Politics Versailles on the Potomac American politics is running on a perilous trajectory. From the vantage point of 21st-century Washington, DC, the French Revolution of 1789 may seem a distant historical event. Yet its lessons remain profoundly relevant. Even astute contemporaries like Benjamin Franklin and Frederick the Great failed to foresee the upheaval that would reshape France and the world. This oversight reminds us that revolutions oft…

Versailles on the Potomac - Conservative Angle

Politics Versailles on the Potomac American politics is running on a perilous trajectory. From the vantage point of 21st-century Washington, DC, the French Revolution of 1789 may seem a distant historical event. Yet its lessons remain profoundly relevant. Even astute contemporaries like Benjamin Franklin and Frederick the Great failed to foresee the upheaval that would reshape France and the world. This oversight reminds us that revolutions of…