2009

Thoughts from the Later Republic

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Contrast Recent Media Coverage The furor over Dick Cheney’s past severed involvement with Halliburton — the meowing over Bush-critic, liberal icon, ex-diplomat Peter Galbraith’s present, ongoing conflict-of-interest as profiteer and pundit/advisor involving a multimillion-dollar oil scam in Kurdistan. Share This

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Is Fort Hood Really a “Tragedy?”

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Something has gone terribly wrong in the entire reaction to the Ft. Hood massacres, as evidenced by the media, the administration, the military authorities, and perhaps the public at large. Share This

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Obama’s “Bush Did It” Narrative: An Interview with VDH

by Janie Glazov FrontPage Magazine FP: Victor Davis Hanson, welcome to Frontpage Interview. I’d like to talk to you today about radical Islam and the Obama administration’s ability and inclination, or lack thereof, to confront it. Share This

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Who Are ‘They’?

by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online To Obama, “they” are responsible for all our troubles. Problem is, “they” are most of us. Share This

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Sacrificing Americans

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Many in the media are arguing there is nothing more to the Major Hasan mass murder than derangement and the various personal “issues” that “set him off.” Share This

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What If?–Mr. President

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Not in Good Form Based on a few of President Obama’s statements, this was not a particularly good week for the administration. Share This

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Afghan Mythologies

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services As President Obama decides whether to send more troops to Afsghanistan, we should remember that most of the conventional pessimism about Afghanistan is only half-truth. Share This

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The Discreet Charm of the Left-wing Plutocracy

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Gorism The news of this week made mention of Al Gore as our soon-to-be, first carbon billionaire. Accounts included both his earlier and contemporary angry denials that he was greedy, or had used his vast network of government contacts to influence public loans, contracts, and regulations, in parlaying a

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Fort Hood

A now familiar horror story. by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media News accounts are spotty; emotions run high; reliable information is rare; rumor abounds. Nevertheless, what are we to make of Maj. Share This

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Afghanistan and the Trojan War

by Herbert Jordan Private Papers For perspective on the war in Afghanistan, President Obama ought to take a look through the lens of the oldest geopolitical conflict in the history of Western civilization, in which Greek warriors crossed the Aegean Sea to Asia Minor, besieged the citadel of Troy, and ultimately prevailed after ten gruelling

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