The Ongoing Melodrama of Victims and Oppressors

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

President Obama, in the tradition of progressive Democratic leaders, believes government should ask the more economically fortunate citizens to be responsible for helping the less well off. Continue reading “The Ongoing Melodrama of Victims and Oppressors”

Is There a Rhyme or Reason to U.S. Foreign Policy?

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

During the 2008 campaign, the Obama group argued that Bush & Co. were insensitive to allies and had acted in clumsy, unilateral fashion, permanently damaging our stature in the world. Continue reading “Is There a Rhyme or Reason to U.S. Foreign Policy?”

Our American Catharsis

Will Obama-time be a transitory experience or an enduring tragedy?

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

For years conservatives have railed about the creeping welfare state. They have tried to tag liberals with being soft on national security, both for courting those who faulted America and for faulting others who courted it. Continue reading “Our American Catharsis”

The End of Trust

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Greek Bonds, Anyone?

The world is getting a little edgy when very few investors are willing to buy Greek bonds — given what they know about Greek politics and productivity. Continue reading “The End of Trust”

Spartacus, The Pacific, and the “Last of the Romans”

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Beefcake Beheading

I have been catching up on the episodes of the new Starz series on Spartacus, the Thracian slave who terrified Rome between 73 to 71 B.C., through a mass servile uprising originating in Capua. Continue reading “Spartacus, The Pacific, and the “Last of the Romans””

A Postmodern Presidency

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

A Pretentious Word for a World Without Rules

Given thirty years of postmodern relativism in our universities, we were bound to get a postmodern president at some point. Continue reading “A Postmodern Presidency”

Next Battle: Immigration

What we will–and will not–hear in the upcoming debate.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

After the healthcare fight, we can expect the Obama administration to use the same template to pass “comprehensive immigration reform.” Continue reading “Next Battle: Immigration”

More Bottled Piety

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

This week’s talking point is the sudden danger of new right-wing violence, and the inflammatory push-back against healthcare. Continue reading “More Bottled Piety”

Remembering the Pacific War

Today marks the 65th anniversary of the invasion of Okinawa.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Sixty-five years ago, on April 1, 1945, the United States Marines, Army, and Navy invaded Okinawa. The ensuing three months of combat resulted in the complete defeat and near destruction of imperial Japanese forces on the island, just 340 miles from the mainland. Continue reading “Remembering the Pacific War”

In the End, There Is Only the Debt

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

Amid all the fighting over healthcare, Obama’s new promises, the Israeli spat, the Frum controversy, et al., looms the national debt. We can ignore it; get angry at it and say, “What the hell, I’ll quadruple it!”; have our “experts” write sophistic treatises about how it either doesn’t matter or is in truth good; hear our politicians claim it is secondary to the passing of a “progressive” agenda; or secretly smile that its service will require higher taxes and more “redistributive change”; but in the end, what we as a nation collectively owe others and ourselves transcends politics. Continue reading “In the End, There Is Only the Debt”