Beware of ‘Comprehensive’ Anything
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Before envisioning dramatic change, the Roman emperor Augustus is said to have warned, “Make haste slowly.” The reformer Augustus was eager for radical social transformation.
Some Thoughts on the War on Terror
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner The New, Upside-Down War on Terror Is there any logic in the confusion of the Obama administration’s actions and statements on fighting the war on terror?
Truth and Consequences
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner What a Difference a Year Makes A year ago the media resonated with the celebration of democracy, grassroots pushback against the existing order, the renewal of Congress, and the novel harmony between government and the people.
Bidenism
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media “I am very optimistic about — about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration.” — Joe Biden, February 12, 2010. Just Politics? All politicians hedge and backtrack, as the daily news proves their previous assertions and boasts wrong.
The Tragic Truth of War
What we dare not say: Killing the enemy brings victory. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Victory has usually been defined throughout the ages as forcing the enemy to accept certain political objectives. “Forcing” usually meant killing, capturing, or wounding men at arms.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
The Usual Straw Men
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Cap-and-trade, statist healthcare, and an end to “don’t ask, don’t tell” for thee.
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?
Our Obama Saga–Part Two. Chapters Five-Six
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Here’s the conclusion to the saga of Obama. I left off [1] with Chapter Four and why the Obama locomotive went off the rails after only a year.
Our Obama Saga. Part One–Chapters One to Four
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Chapter One — The Liberal Hope and Dream I think our Obama’s collective story will some day be written something like this. The leftwing anointed vision of America got stalled with the failures of the Great Society, and the high tax, big government discontent of the 1970s and 1980s.
Thrashing the Job Makers
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services A year ago Barack Obama inherited a recession brought on by financial panic following the collapse of the housing bubble.
As Predictable as Clockwork–the Obama Three-step
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media I think we could see what was coming. This presidency has about as much subtlety in plot as a grade-B western, soap opera, or teenage tantrum.
How Taqiyya Alters Islam’s Rules of War: Defeating Jihadist Terrorism
by Raymond Ibrahim Middle East Quarterly (Winter 2010) Islam must seem a paradoxical religion to non-Muslims. On the one hand, it is constantly being portrayed as the religion of peace; on the other, its adherents are responsible for the majority of terror attacks around the world.