For Bush’s critics, even hindsight is cloudy. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online This is the mantra of the extreme Left: “Bush lied, thousands died.” A softer version from politicians now often follows: “If I knew then what I know now, I would never have supported the war.” Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services In Paris last week, the smoke of riot and fire arose from a West Bank-style intifada of angry Muslim youths. The ports of Spain were shut down by a fishermen’s blockade. Hostage ships were freed only after the irate blockaders won more government fuel subsidies. Share This

An interview by Frontpage Magazine Private Papers Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Victor Davis Hanson, director emeritus of the classics program at California State University, Fresno, and currently a classicist and military historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of The Western Way of War, The Wars of the Ancient Greeks, The Soul of

Rhetoric at war with reality. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Recently George Bush met hostile crowds and a critical press during a 34-nation Summit of the Americas. Share This

Why the government should stop subsidizing agri-business. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The European Union says it’s now considering reducing agricultural subsidies for farmers (if the United States does as well), and our government, to its credit, is calling the E.U.’s bluff. The U.S. has proposed cutting farm subsidies here by 60 percent

Iraq conflict shares uncanny likenesses with the Peloponnesian War by Victor Davis Hanson National Post Listen to what the talking heads are saying, and it’s easy to believe that we have entered an entirely new era of armed conflict. Share This

The plague of Islamism keeps on spreading. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Either the jihadists really are crazy or they apparently think that they have a shot at destabilizing, or at least winning concessions from, the United States, Europe, India, and Russia all at once. Share This

We need to get serious about keeping our enemies out. by Victor Davis Hanson City Journal In September, federal prosecutors charged illegal alien Mahmoud Maawad, 29, with wire fraud and fraudulent use of a Social Security number. Share This