News Beneath the News

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media From the Embarrassing to the Pathetic I don’t want to beat the proverbial dead horse, but these media polarities are getting to the point of absurdity. Bush, the lazy golfer while we were at war; Obama the engaged commander-in-chief playing golf for needed relaxation more in one year than …

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Greek Tragedies

Violent reaction to bad news in Greece is unique but not surprising given its past. by Victor Davis Hanson Wall Street Journal Online Draping the Acropolis with a hammer-and-sickle banner might seem a stupid public relations stunt — especially as a bankrupt Greece seeks to reassure foreign capitalist investors to save Hellenic socialism. Share This

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Soldier-Citizens to the Rescue?

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Usually a handful of ex-soldiers seek political office every election cycle. But well over 20 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are running this fall for Congress alone. Share This

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Obama’s Good and Bad Words

by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Barack Obama once warned, “Don’t tell me words don’t matter!” He was right. They do.   Share This

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Thoughts on Gorism

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media From the Sanctimonious to the Ridiculous I think sometime this year elite radical environmentalism died. And at about the same time perished also the notion of the man in the mansion as the man on the barricades. Let me explain. Share This

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Is There a Pattern Here or What?

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner The jihadist symptoms of Major Hasan were ignored; General Casey lamented the possible ramifications of Hasan’s killings to the army’s diversity program; the warnings of Mr. Mutallab’s father about his son’s jihadist tendencies were ignored but the latter’s Miranda rights were not; Share This

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Of Laureates and Cowboys

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services In politics, having power and keeping it often mean fudging a little on ideology. Share This

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A Nobel, Bad Idea

President Obama’s new nuclear policy is ill-timed and ill-conceived. by Victor Davis Hanson City Journal (April 2010) President Obama has announced a new American policy concerning the use of nuclear weapons (the “Nuclear Posture Review”). Share This

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The Remains of a California Day

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Yesterday I think I understood why California is in deep trouble. Let me walk you through another day out here. Share This

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The Remains of a California Day

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Yesterday I think I understood why California is in deep trouble. Let me walk you through another day out here. Share This

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