Back to the Old 9/11 World

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

For three days, Islamist gunmen nearly shut down Mumbai, the financial center of India. Continue reading “Back to the Old 9/11 World”

Political Madness–Some Hotspots

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

New and Improved?

As Mark Steyn has warned for years, the Western attitude toward reports of terrorism is about as anti-empirical as one can imagine. Continue reading “Political Madness–Some Hotspots”

Parallel Lives

In politics today, intention, symbolism, and rhetoric are everything; facts, nothing.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

The Roman moralist Plutarch wrote a number of parallel lives of illustrious Greek and Roman notables to offer his Greek-reading audience ethical lessons about character, virtue, and culture. Continue reading “Parallel Lives”

The Hysterical Style

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Politicians now predict the implosion of the U.S. auto industry. Headlines warn that the entire banking system is on the verge of utter collapse. Continue reading “The Hysterical Style”

Some Thanksgiving: Random Politically-Incorrect Reasons To Be Optimistic

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

1. Tempered not melted. The question is not whether America is in decline, but whether it is in decline at a more rapid pace than true of Europe, Russia, or Asia. Continue reading “Some Thanksgiving: Random Politically-Incorrect Reasons To Be Optimistic”

Time Warp

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

‘Hope And Change’ Meet ‘A Return to Normalcy’?

It seems that, on the one hand, some conservatives are relieved that on matters of the Bush tax policies, the reaction to the financial meltdown, and foreign policy, including two wars, Obama has suddenly triangulated and, in sober and judicious fashion, become a mixture of a Clinton and GWB third term.  Continue reading “Time Warp”

What Went Wrong?

Well, it wasn’t conservatism.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Conservatives have already in the three weeks after the election come up with three competing explanations — and remedies — for their congressional defeats and the victory of the relatively unknown Barack Obama.  Continue reading “What Went Wrong?”

Ten Random, Politically-Incorrect Thoughts

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

1. Four years of high-school Latin would dramatically arrest the decline in American education. Continue reading “Ten Random, Politically-Incorrect Thoughts”

Failure Is Not an Option

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

We all remember the advice about failure we received from our parents and teachers. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” “Learn from your mistakes.” “Failure breeds success.” Continue reading “Failure Is Not an Option”