last year's prize victor davis hanson, describes his book as, quote, brilliantly written and researched tribute to the pantheon of classically trained and thinking of action. dan joins, a long list of accomplished honorees, including davis hanson yuval levin, wilfred mcclay, andrew roberts, angela cody villa and many more. please join me in welcoming this year's winner, dan mahoney. said. well, thank you so much, gianni, for this very gracious words. i i am going to continue developing a theme that was introduced by johnny burke tonight, and that is the indispensable melody of gratitude to a truly human in a truly civilized life. for me, a gratifying honor and genuine delight to be awarded the 2023 political award for the conservative book of the a gratifying honor, because i have been all my adult life to the essential conservative task of preserving and transmitting and yes, reforming and renewing the noble civilizational and civic inheritances that help define the west and america. i received this honor gratefully a sign that my efforts have borne fruit to receive this work is also a delight because of my longest, as johnny have mentioned with isi, with the