The Oracle on First Street: America’s Liberty in the Balance
Before Croesus of Lydia marched on Persia in 547 B.C., he sent gold to Delphi and asked the oracle whether he should wage war. The response was a riddle: “If you cross the river Halys, you will destroy a great empire.” He crossed. He destroyed one. It was his own. For Americans, their own Delphi…