Freedom, Even from Fear

by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online A civilization is won or lost by those who fight to protect it — and judged as deserving by the gratitude offered to its soldiers by those who were saved. Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that there are now Americans in battle in the tradition of 1776, 1864, 1918, […]

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The Oil Hydra

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Oil is nearly $100 a barrel. Gas may soon reach $4 a gallon. And Americans are being bitten in almost every way imaginable by this insidious oil hydra. Share This

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Dictators and Democrats

Stick with principles–not personalities by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online I don’t think many Americans would argue that the answer for the sometimes lethargic, elected Karzai government in Afghanistan should be a coup by a Pashtun warlord and his battle-hardened lieutenants. Share This

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Liberal Racism

The assault on skilled, independent, intelligent blacks by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers When Barack Obama accused Hillary Clinton of “playing the gender card,” the hypocrisy that typically defines our public discourse on race descended into the surreal. Share This

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Squaring Off: Part II

Hanson replies to criticisms of Ltc. Bateman by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media I suppose “devil” is not as bad as “pervert” or “feces” Share This

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Squaring Off

Hanson replies to criticisms of Ltc. Bateman by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media I used to have a great deal of respect for the Chronicle of Higher Education. Share This

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Please–Not Another Farm Bill

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The House this July passed another five-year, multi-billion-dollar farm support bill. The Senate now has its own version under discussion. And we can probably expect that the compromise bill that passes will be at least the $286 billion allotted by the House. Share This

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The Old Schell Game

by Victor Davis Hanson The New Criterion A review of The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger by Jonathan Schell (Metropolitan Books, 2007, 272 pp.) During the nuclear freeze movement of the 1980s, Jonathan Schell became well known for his detailed arguments calling for global nuclear disarmament. Share This

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So Who’s Afraid of an Iranian Bomb?

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services At first glance, it would seem a straightforward thing to stop a relatively weak but volatile Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb. It would also seem to be something a concerned world community would be actively working to do. Share This

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Hardly Turkish Delight

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner I thought (and wrote to that effect) that both the gratuitous and toothless Senate resolutions calling for the de facto trisection of Iraq, and condemnation of Turkey for the century-old Armenian holocaust were unnecessary barbs that would only inflame an already anti-American Turkey. Share This

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