https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2013/02/05/how-do-you-spell-retaliation/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:07:39 -0400<![CDATA[I have been thinking about the Roman orator and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero lately. Like many people of my generation, my first recollection when hearing the name “Cicero” is of interminable Latin sentences where the critical word is parked like a caboose about thirty words later than you would have expected it, and in a gerundive construction suggesting causation or obligation. Or was it a double dative? In any event, in school Cicero was someone to be deciphered rather than understood. He didn’t like Catiline, whoever that was, but what has that to do with the market in ablative absolutes?]]>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:23:04 -0500<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2013/02/05/how-do-you-spell-retaliation-n117336