Hope and Change’s Shelf Life

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner After listening to Obama’s speeches of the last few weeks, I think almost everyone now knows the boilerplate. Share This

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Ministers of Truth

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner True, the far Left, in the manner of the far Right’s hatred of Bush’s Iraq War and his support for Israel, has begun to murmur disappointment with Obama. Share This

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Is America Premodern or Postmodern?

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services During the last 20 years, science and a growing economy gave Americans the most sophisticated and leisured lifestyles in history. We inexpensively call or e-mail anywhere in the world. Share This

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The Ways of the Left

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Yes, Nancy, There Really Is a God Nemesis There is an odd sense among Democrats that nemesis simply does not exist. Share This

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Amnesiatic

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media That Was Then, This is Now… The current furor over the three water-boarded terrorists is right out of the old Greek idea of excess leading to hubris leading to nemesis leading to destruction. Do we really wish to revisit 2002? Share This

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Once Upon a Time in 2002

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services For over a year after the murder of 3,000 innocent people in New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, shell-shocked Americans were gripped by other horrific images of terrorism across the globe. Share This

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Cheney Agonistes

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner What is strange about the furor over the Cheney interviews is that so many of the arguments against them simply have no precedent or logic. Share This

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John Ford and the Republicans

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner There has been lots of discussion about David Brooks’s suggestion that the John Ford Western was about community and order — and that this serves as a timely message for the out-in-the-wilderness Republicans to put less emphasis on rugged individualism and more on a sort of community organizing. Share

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President Palin’s First 100 Days

A near disaster. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online WASHINGTON (AP) — The first 100 days of the Palin presidency, according to a consensus of media commentators, have proven a near disaster. Share This

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Cracks in the Façade

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Fissures in the Obama Totem Oh, I know that President Obama’s approval ratings are still around 62%. But I also remember that George Bush’s at the end of 2001 got even higher — and stayed at or above 60% through most of 2002, explaining why he increased his congressional

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