A Sleeper Reply: A Reply to “Martial Flaw”
by Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers From time to time I post replies to critics. Here is a letter I sent to the journal Democracyin reply to a quite strange rant from one Jim Sleeper about Makers of Ancient Strategy, which I recently edited for Princeton University Press. The book was about the influence of ancient strategy […]
Rethinking George Bush?
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Former President George W. Bush left office with the lowest approval ratings since Richard Nixon. In reaction, for nearly two years President Barack Obama won easy applause by prefacing almost every speech on his economic policies with a “Bush did it” put-down.
Enough Already with Reverend Jones
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Everyone is trying to outdo one another in righteous condemnation of the Reverend Terry Jones and his micro-flock, to assure the world that 50 people out of 300 million does not a majority make.
History and War: An Interview with VDH
by John Hawkins Right Wing News Victor Davis Hanson is an extraordinary writer with an encyclopedic knowledge of historical warfare. His columns are magnificent and his books are even better. So, I was pleased to have an opportunity to interview him about his newest book, The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern. What […]
Obama’s Washington Animal Farm
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Since the moment he announced his presidential candidacy, Barack Obama has waged a tireless, now four-year-long spread-the-wealth campaign against the more affluent.
When Socialism Creeps In…
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media America against the World in Ways We Never Imagined Survey the world’s statist systems of every stripe, from soft to hard. One sees either failure and misery or stasis and lethargy.
The Strange–and Tragic–Case of Nagla Imam
by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media Uncovering the truth is always a convoluted affair when it comes to the Middle East. Consider the case of the Egyptian Nagla Iman. Is she a Muslim woman who advocates the sexual harassment of Jewish women, or a Christian woman, who advocates human rights — especially for fellow women of all […]
October Suprises
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The Democrats will probably suffer historic losses in both the House and Senate in less than 60 days. The 11th-hour campaigning of the now-unpopular Barack Obama on behalf of endangered congressional candidates will not change much. In fact, most embattled Democratic candidates don’t want the president to even […]
Is Newt Gingrich Wrong to Talk About Sharia?
by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media In a recent article appearing in Tablet, Lee Smith takes former House speaker Newt Gingrich to task for the latter’s focus on sharia (i.e., Islamic law).
Nine Eleven and the Man with a Bullhorn
by Victor Davis Hanson RightNetwork.com I was on a flight to Hillsdale College to lecture on, of all things, misinterpreting Gen. George S. Patton. Suddenly after an early morning take-off, a furious American Airlines pilot came on the intercom, relaying a weird story about some fool in a light private plane who had crashed into the […]
‘Like a Dog’: The Origins of Barack Obama’s Petulance
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media I Would Be Miffed Too If I Were Obama Obama in just twenty months has developed a reputation for being petulant, unusually sensitive to the normal run-of-the-mill criticism. His latest pushback was his strangest so far: “And they’re not always happy with me. They talk about me like a […]
Our Waning Obama Worship
We Americans know not what we do. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online In just 20 months, President Obama’s polls have crashed. From near 70 percent approval, they have fallen to well below 50 percent. Over 70 percent of the public disapproves of the Democratically controlled Congress.
We Are Ruled by Professors
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Since we seem now to be ruled during this administration by former professors, here is a rant about what I have learned of the university.
The New World Order
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The post-Cold War new world order is rapidly breaking apart. Nations are returning to the ancient passions, rivalries and differences of past centuries.
‘Bush… Come Back, Bush, Come Back’
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Why We Suddenly Miss Bush Various polls report that George W. Bush in some states is now better liked than President Obama. Even some liberal pundits call for Bush, the now long-missed moderate, to draw on his recognized tolerance and weigh in on the Ground Zero mosque or the […]
Obama’s Teachable Mosque Moment
Interview by Jamie Glazov FrontPage Magazine Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Victor Davis Hanson, a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the author, most recently, of The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern.
We Are Not Greece
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Decline is a Choice As the summer winds down, there is more and more talk of decline in the air.
Iraq Through the Looking Glass
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Most Americans will support President Obama’s call for patience in Afghanistan and his policy of continuing the long-planned drawdown in Iraq.
America–Compared to What?
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media While America debates whether a “bridge-building” Imam Rauf should erect his $100-million, 13-story outreach “Islamic complex” (is the name “Cordoba House” now officially to be dropped? And if so, could Mr. Rauf or the media explain why?) next to Ground Zero, Islam seems to be at war with most […]
The Sources of American Anger
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Behind the anger over the Arizona immigration mess, the Ground Zero mosque, the economy, and the new directions in foreign policy are some recurring general themes that reverberate in each particular new controversy.