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

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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

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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,

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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

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