Obama as Greek Tragedy–Part One

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media The Self-centered Protagonist The blueprint of a Sophoclean or even Euripidean tragedy is pretty straightforward. A confident, cocky tragic hero for about the first 600 lines of the play exhibits unconstrained exuberance as he takes on the world. Share This

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Chickens and Their 2010 Roost

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services In the coming year, plenty of our chickens will be coming home to roost. Share This

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Human IEDs

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Learning from Abdul Mutallab Coming on the heels of the killing spree by Maj. Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood, the latest terrorist “incident,” involving Abdul Mutallab on Northwest Flight 253, is yet another isolated but tell-tale sign that we must learn from: Share This

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On the Horizon

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Some Modest Obama Predictions 1) We will begin to hear, ever so insidiously, mention again of the “war on terror”; some quiet memo will go out to cool all the talk of ‘man-made disasters’ and ‘overseas contingency operations’. Share This

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American Ajax

by Victor Davis Hanson National Review A review of LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay by Warren Kozak (Regnery Press, 2009, 354 pp.) Share This

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The Summer of 1683

by Victor Davis Hanson First Things (October 2009) A review of The Enemy at the Gate: Hapsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe by Andrew Wheatcroft (Basic, 368 pp). Share This

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A Fairer Verdict On Bush

A reassessment of the 43rd president has already begun. by Victor Davis Hanson Forbes Magazine Critics are tallying the Bush administration’s pluses and minuses, and some consensus is emerging that in time George W. Bush, like Harry Truman, will be seen in a far more favorable light than his low poll ratings reflected. Share This

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