“How Do You Solve a Problem Like Milo?” A characteristically thoughtful piece by Joseph Bottum

None of this means that Yiannopoulos is wrong in general or even in any of the particular points he makes. It just means he didn’t write the book he maybe could have written and certainly should have written, chastened into seriousness by his strange expulsion from the gardens of media notice and cast out into the wastelands.

“Milo” has been a fairly common Greek name for over two millennia, as it happens—descending from the Ancient Greek wrestler Milo of Croton. According to surviving historical records from the sixth century B.C., he was a fabulous fighter, winning six Olympic championships. Unfortunately, according to ancient legend, he also managed to get himself eaten by wolves while off in the wilderness.

A lesson there, maybe.