by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Watching the current EU dramatics over southern Mediterranean debt reminds me of the farm crisis of 1982–4 when lots of big farming concerns around here defaulted on what they owed banks. Continue reading “The Coin Toss on EU Crisis For Germany: Heads We Lose, Tails You Win”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Nearly ten years ago, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld provoked outrage by referring to “Old Europe.” Continue reading “The New Old Europe”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Recently, an open mike caught French president Nicolas Sarkozy and American president Barack Obama jointly trashing Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Sarkozy scoffed, “I cannot stand him. He’s a liar.” Continue reading “Why Does America Defend the Weak and Small?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Almost daily over the last four months we were told that Muammar Gadhafi was about ready to throw in the towel and give up. Continue reading “A Dumb and Dumber War in Libya”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
This Fourth of July, what remains is the Founders’ vision of a limited government; the idea of a population united by common values, themes, and ideas; a republican form of checks-and-balances government to prevent demagoguery, factions, and tyranny of the majority; the sanctity and autonomy of the nation-state; and individual freedom and liberty as protected through the Bill of Rights. Everything after and against that has proved a failure. Continue reading “Liberal Frankensteins”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Sense Out of Nonsense — A Ten-step Plan
I’ve been following the news the last two weeks — Weinergate, the dismal “unexpected” economic news, the new wars in Libya and Yemen — from Europe while leading about 60 on a military history tour of Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily. Continue reading “The Art of Appreciating America From Abroad”