by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
It is generally known that Americans want it both ways — green giddiness and plenty of oil and gas for their cars and homes; lots of government services and low taxes; a big military but spasms of isolationism. Continue reading “California on the Horizon”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
After listening to Obama’s speeches of the last few weeks, I think almost everyone now knows the boilerplate. Continue reading “Hope and Change’s Shelf Life”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
True, the far Left, in the manner of the far Right’s hatred of Bush’s Iraq War and his support for Israel, has begun to murmur disappointment with Obama. Continue reading “Ministers of Truth”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
During the last 20 years, science and a growing economy gave Americans the most sophisticated and leisured lifestyles in history. We inexpensively call or e-mail anywhere in the world. Continue reading “Is America Premodern or Postmodern?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Yes, Nancy, There Really Is a God Nemesis
There is an odd sense among Democrats that nemesis simply does not exist. Continue reading “The Ways of the Left”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
That Was Then, This is Now…
The current furor over the three water-boarded terrorists is right out of the old Greek idea of excess leading to hubris leading to nemesis leading to destruction. Do we really wish to revisit 2002? Continue reading “Amnesiatic”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
For over a year after the murder of 3,000 innocent people in New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, shell-shocked Americans were gripped by other horrific images of terrorism across the globe. Continue reading “Once Upon a Time in 2002”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
What is strange about the furor over the Cheney interviews is that so many of the arguments against them simply have no precedent or logic. Continue reading “Cheney Agonistes”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
There has been lots of discussion about David Brooks’s suggestion that the John Ford Western was about community and order — and that this serves as a timely message for the out-in-the-wilderness Republicans to put less emphasis on rugged individualism and more on a sort of community organizing. Continue reading “John Ford and the Republicans”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first 100 days of the Palin presidency, according to a consensus of media commentators, have proven a near disaster. Continue reading “President Palin’s First 100 Days”