The Power of Payback

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Nemesis Everywhere I have believed in the power of the goddess Nemesis (“dispenser of dues”) ever since I was introduced to the concept as a teenager studying classics, especially in the texts of Hesiod, Herodotus, and Sophocles. Share This

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Guru America

An American ever more liked–and ever less respected. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services President Obama last week flew to Copenhagen to persuade the International Olympic Committee to award the 2016 games to Chicago, his hometown. Share This

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The Left’s Selective Outrage

by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine You know liberals are edging toward a full Jonestown-style meltdown when someone as smart as New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman starts losing it. Share This

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Nobelitics

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Nobel Prizes from Lala Land Norway is a tiny country that was born lucky. It is weak and defenseless (and was quickly overrun in World War II [while neighboring, neutral Sweden sold the Third Reich 40% of its iron ore, that went for everything from Tiger tanks to kill

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Thoughts on the Hysteria About Afghanistan

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Afghanistan is a messy war, but so far it has been conducted with a minimum loss of American life while achieving some important goals. Share This

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The Buck Passes Here

According to Obama’s chorus of whiners, nothing is ever his fault. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Meet the Obama whiners. “They did it” is the new administration’s credo when things go wrong. Share This

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Change and Hope

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media The Olympic Fiasco I think most Americans were rooting for Chicago. As I wrote on NRO’s corner, I know I was. Share This

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A Troubling Policy on Iran

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Chickens Roosting Where to begin with the “surprise” announcement of a second, previously undisclosed “nuclear facility”? Some thoughts: Share This

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The War in Afghanistan

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Two-Front Wars — Theirs and Ours Something is not quite right about the conventional wisdom about the Afghanistan war. Share This

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Three Dangerous Stooges

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Last week, three dictators — from Iran, Libya and Venezuela — delivered lunatic hate speeches at the General Assembly of the United Nations. Share This

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