Jan 22
6 min read
The Power of One — II
I recently viewed auteur Ed Zwick’s fine 2003 film offering, “The Last Samurai,” again. The character played by actor Tom Cruise, American Nathan Algren, was based at least somewhat on the historic Frenchman, Jules Brunet (1838–1911).
This is not intended to be a review of that film nor a spoiler alert but, as the film approached its terminus the thought came to me: Why aren’t more conflicts resolved in the manner in which…
