Blagotrocious
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Like some of you, I had the following reactions reading the transcripts of Illinois’s Governor Blagojevich: Share This
The Humanities Move Off Campus
by Victor Davis Hanson City Journal Autumn 2008 Until recently, classical education served as the foundation of the wider liberal arts curriculum, which in turn defined the mission of the traditional university. Share This
Back to the Old 9/11 World
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services For three days, Islamist gunmen nearly shut down Mumbai, the financial center of India. Share This
Political Madness–Some Hotspots
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner New and Improved? As Mark Steyn has warned for years, the Western attitude toward reports of terrorism is about as anti-empirical as one can imagine. Share This
Parallel Lives
In politics today, intention, symbolism, and rhetoric are everything; facts, nothing. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The Roman moralist Plutarch wrote a number of parallel lives of illustrious Greek and Roman notables to offer his Greek-reading audience ethical lessons about character, virtue, and culture. Share This
The Hysterical Style
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Politicians now predict the implosion of the U.S. auto industry. Headlines warn that the entire banking system is on the verge of utter collapse. Share This
Bush Through the Obama Prism
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner I think Obama may do more for George Bush’s reputation than anyone thinks. Share This
Some Thanksgiving: Random Politically-Incorrect Reasons To Be Optimistic
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media 1. Tempered not melted. The question is not whether America is in decline, but whether it is in decline at a more rapid pace than true of Europe, Russia, or Asia. Share This
Time Warp
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner ‘Hope And Change’ Meet ‘A Return to Normalcy’? It seems that, on the one hand, some conservatives are relieved that on matters of the Bush tax policies, the reaction to the financial meltdown, and foreign policy, including two wars, Obama has suddenly triangulated and, in sober and judicious fashion,
What Went Wrong?
Well, it wasn’t conservatism. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Conservatives have already in the three weeks after the election come up with three competing explanations — and remedies — for their congressional defeats and the victory of the relatively unknown Barack Obama. Share This