The Trouble with Elitist Theories

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

What’s behind the Tea Party protests, low approval ratings for Congress, distrust of the media and unease with experts in the Obama administration? Continue reading “The Trouble with Elitist Theories”

Why Did Rome Fall–And Why Does It Matter Now?

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Count the Ways

A German scholar twenty years ago listed, I recall, some 210 reasons for the collapse of the Western Empire. Continue reading “Why Did Rome Fall–And Why Does It Matter Now?”

The New Commandments on the Animal Farm Barn Wall

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

1. Savvy Americans always see through the fraud in the end and do the right thing are infantile and don’t know what’s good for them. Continue reading “The New Commandments on the Animal Farm Barn Wall”

Why Fear Big Government?

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Who is Afraid of Big Government?

There is no reason to review all the standard reasons why the American people are terrified of an all-powerful federal or state government. Continue reading “Why Fear Big Government?”

Our Top Anti-Terrorism Advisor Must Go

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

Partisanship, Then and Now

One of the stranger behaviors of the ever-stranger Obama administration is its sudden adoption of the “wounded fawn” posture. Continue reading “Our Top Anti-Terrorism Advisor Must Go”

America Rides off Into the Sunset

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Thousands in Tokyo have been echoing Barack Obama’s signature call for “change” — but as in “Change! Japanese-U.S. relations.” Continue reading “America Rides off Into the Sunset”

Mr. President, Words Matter

Obama, the rhetorician, learns people take a man at his word.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

What is Barack Obama’s real problem? Too many people here and abroad took him at his word, and he now seems quite angry at that. Continue reading “Mr. President, Words Matter”

Civilization’s Lies

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

One of the sad characteristics of contemporary Western society is the tendency to embrace noble lies. These are assertions and acts that don’t square with reality, with what we see and hear — and are voiced for apparently noble social purposes. Here are a few politically-incorrect examples. Continue reading “Civilization’s Lies”

It’s Not about Poverty

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

Katie Couric and the New Populism

With all the talk of corporate greed and inequality, did people like Katie Couric think that in tough times they were immune from the laws of populist outrage? Continue reading “It’s Not about Poverty”