by Victor Davis Hanson
Washington Post
Vietnam is once again in the air. Last month’s antiwar demonstrations in Crawford, Tex., have been heralded as the beginning of an antiwar movement that will take to the streets like the one of 30 years ago. Influential pundits — in the manner of a gloomy Walter Cronkite after the Tet offensive — are assuring us that we can’t win in Iraq and that we have no option but a summary withdrawal. Continue reading “Why We Must Stay in Iraq”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
The Greeks believed that the rising of Sirius, the Dog Star, in August made the sun grow hot, and hence inaugurated a period when people acted a little crazy — as we ourselves all saw the past few weeks. Continue reading “Our Dog Days”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
“Brilliant tactician, lousy strategist.” So goes the conventional wisdom about the old bulldozer Ariel Sharon. Continue reading “Right Strategy Again”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
It is becoming nearly impossible to sort the extreme rhetoric of the antiwar Left from that of the fringe paleo-Right. Both see the Iraqi war through the same lenses: the American effort is bound to fail and is a deep reflection of American pathology. Continue reading “The Paranoid Style”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
“I supported the war, but not the aftermath” is a commonplace lament about Afghanistan and Iraq. But dealing with terrorists and fanatics is never easy. We can attest to that by looking at hotspots — Gaza, Iran and North Korea — where the United States has let others handle the mess. Continue reading “Diplomacy and Terrorism”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Sometimes even the English language is without the right word to describe a commonplace occurrence. We don’t, for example, have a term quite like the German schadenfreude: Continue reading “The Biteback Effect”
by Victor Davis Hanson
The American Enterprise
A version of this essay appears in the current issue of The American Enterprise Continue reading “More Continental Drift?”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
The liberal media is delighted with Cindy Sheehan. Continue reading “Broadcasting Grief”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Millions of people in Mexico need work. Americans have millions of jobs that we apparently won’t do ourselves. Presto! The answer to illegal immigration is obviously a lawful guest-worker program. Continue reading “Barren Policy”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
“You will find that the Jews were behind all the civil strife in this world. The Jews are behind the suffering of the nations.” Continue reading “Keep Quiet and Listen!”