2004

Jane Smiley, Republican Party Recruiter

by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Losing often induces hysteria, particularly in those suffering from arrested development. Share This

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A Quintessential General

by Victor Davis Hanson New Criterion, November 2004 A review of Ulysses S. Grant, by Josiah Bunting III (Times Books, 2004) Share This

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Interpreting the Returns of Election ’04

All that razzle-dazzle can’t fool average Joe. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Now that, as Hank Williams might put it, it’s all over but the Democrats’ crying, what are some preliminary conclusions we can draw from this election? Share This

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Allow George W. Bush to Finish the Job

In war, the last campaigns are the bloodiest. by Victor Davis Hanson Wall Street Journal A shorter version of this essay appeared in the Wall Street Journal. In singular moments in our history, the security of the United States hinged on a single presidential election. Share This

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The Power of Will: Winning Still Matters

by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The terrorists cannot win either a conventional or an asymmetrical war against the United States, should it bring its full array of assets to the struggle. Share This

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Country at a Crossroads

November 2 will say a lot about the American people, and our future by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Magazine Had Lincoln lost the 1864 vote, a victorious General McClellan would have settled for an American continent divided, with slavery intact. Without Woodrow Wilson’s reelection in 1916 — opposed by the isolationists — Western Europe …

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What Would Patton Say About the Present War?

by Victor Davis Hanson Imprimis The following text is adapted from a transcript of a lecture delivered on July 23, 2004, on board the MS Heidelberg during a Hillsdale College cruise on the Rhine and Moselle rivers. A shorter version of this informal speech was published recently in Imprimis. Share This

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