2017

“Pushing Back” Iran by Reuel Marc Gerecht Image credit:Poster Collection, US3436, Hoover Institution Archives. On both the left and the right, there is a consensus in Washington that the United States needs to “push back” against the Islamic Republic’s nefarious actions in the Levant, Iraq, and Yemen. The clerical regime largely controls the ground war

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The Korean Games of Thrones

by Victor Davis Hanson// National Review   The time for pious American lectures is over.   North Korea North Korea seeks respect on the cheap — and attention and cash — that it cannot win the old-fashioned way by the long, hard work of achieving a dynamic economy or an influential culture.   Over the

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A fine essay by my colleague Dr Paul Gregory. https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2017/07/24/what-was-the-top-secret-information-passed-on-at-trump-tower/#6b644b2e1d44 Share This

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From An Angry Reader: You need some serious help. Robert Millsap   Victor Davis Hanson’s Reply: Dear Angry Reader Robert Millsap,   In some sense, you are right. I have an acre yard that I tend myself and often could use some quite serious help in mowing, pruning, weeding, and hauling.   Sincerely Victor Hanson

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Brawn in an Age of Brains

Does physical labor have a future? By Victor Davis Hanson City Journal Those who would never stoop to paint their own houses gladly expend far more energy sweating at the gym. During the decline in physical-labor jobs over the last 50 years, an entire compensating industry has grown up around physical fitness. As modern work

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Putin’s Playthings

by Victor Davis Hanson// National Review   Putin will do anything to advance Russia’s interests because his country is in terrible shape.   About a year ago, Donald Trump Jr. met with a mysterious Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya. Trump Jr. was purportedly eager to receive information that could damage Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.  

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The Fifth American War

by Victor Davis Hanson// National Review   The country is coming apart, and the advocates of radical egalitarianism are winning.   The wars between Trump, the media, the deep state, and the progressive party — replete with charges and counter-charges of scandal, collusion, and corruption — are merely symptoms of a much larger fundamental and

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Russia Didn’t Interfere In U.S. Election To Help Trump, But To Destabilize America

 By Paul Gregory // Forbes.com  (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) A still unidentified Democratic Party donor paid for the factually challenged dossier that almost sunk the Donald Trump campaign. The dossier was created (and perhaps written) with the support and assistance of unregistered foreign agents of the Russian government, according to the Senate Judiciary

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