In that spirit, I will recall the first time I met Donald Kagan. He said he liked my music criticism — but he had a complaint: “You’re too nice to modern composers.” I said, “That would ...

(Like a White House reporter: “I have a follow-up.”) Here is a remembrance of Donald Kagan, the great historian of the ancient world — and great guy — who passed away earlier this month.

Kagan, who was well-known for his vehement opposition to former President Donald Trump, caused a stir in the media when The ...

Robert Kagan, a hawkish foreign policy thinker in Washington, had been an outspoken critic of Donald Trump for months and had already endorsed Hillary Clinton when he started to notice something ...