I am in the middle of rereading Agamemnon by Aeschylus. I was inspired by The People’s Light & Theatre’s production of The Persians, which I saw last week. That play, a look at the losers in the bloody conflict between the Greeks and Persians, was a powerful statement against war written by a former soldier (and astonishing poet). Serendipitously, looking online for details of Taft’s presidency, I found a snippet of audio, a speech that Taft gave a century ago, calling for the worldwide abolishment of war. Nearly 2,400 years separate Aeschylus and Taft, yet both men shared the same passion. How far have we advanced?