by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services We all remember the advice about failure we received from our parents and teachers. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” “Learn from your mistakes.” “Failure breeds success.” Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Some openings for Obama 1) Iraq. Far fewer American soldiers died in combat in Iraq over the last forty days than were murdered in Obama’s Chicago during the commensurate period. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner The King Is Dead; Long Live the King! One dilemma for Obama is that his campaign was especially apocalyptic about America: Bush ruined everything. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services We will likely see a lot of political “readjustments” come January, once President-elect Barack Obama and many new Democratic congressmen assume office, and the Republican administration leaves. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner The Great Guessing Game Will Obama, the old ideologue from Chicago, go hard left, OR, as the repackaged moderate of the campaign, “rule” (his campaign’s word, not mine) with Augustan moderation, OR, as a cut-the-difference “healer,” simply vote present — even as each faction now cries for its own

by Victor Davis Hanson PajamasMedia.com It doesn’t compute Everyone knows that by and large the black and Hispanic communities are not in block voting sympathetic to gay marriage much less overt homosexuality. Living at ground zero of the illegal immigration influx, I see such attitudes voiced openly and unashamedly. Share This

Excuse me if I remain unmoved by the misguided religious fervor. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Just one punch of the ballot is all it took. Now suddenly almost every one, here and abroad, is supposed to appreciate the newfound morality of the American people, change their own prior wicked ways, and do

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Festina lente. Make haste slowly. That was the motto of the revolutionary minded young Augustus who soon grasped that he needed to build upon Rome’s past, rather than dismantle it. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Reconciliation I wish President-elect Obama well, and hope that even his critics can concede that he waged a successful and often brilliant (if not shrewdly stealthy) campaign. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner A New Face For weeks we’ve been told that the Iraqis were playing tough and demanding time-lines for American withdrawal, the subtext being that mean George Bush was once again conniving for permanent imperial bases. Share This