Economy’s revitalization shows patterns ancient and modern by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The most vibrant cities of the Roman Empire were often not found in Europe. Many were located along the southern and eastern Mediterranean and Aegean, such as Leptis Magna, Ephesus and Pergamum. Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson Claremont Review of Books [This piece appeared in the Spring 2006 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.] The three weeks of Muslim rage across France during autumn 2005 brought Schadenfreude to many Americans. Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson Claremont Review of Books [This piece appeared in the Spring 2006 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.] Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services In the fierce debate over illegal immigration, the particular terms used by those who argue our porous borders are not a serious problem can tell us a lot. Share This
Public discontent serves the man at home not the soldier in the field. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Like jackals sniffing a wounded antelope, a pack of retired generals are circling Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, calling for him to resign for bungling the war in Iraq by allegedly interfering in military matters and ignoring
Critics need to move on. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Currently, there are many retired generals appearing in frenetic fashion on television. Sometimes they hype their recent books, or, as during the three-week war, offer sharp interviews about our supposed strategic and operational blunders in Iraq — imperial hubris, too few troops, wrong
by Victor Davis Hanson The American Enterprise Magazine On matters of national security, Democrats are back on their 1960s barricades. For them, the chief dangers to the United States lie not abroad but at home, within our own government — specifically unaccountable law enforcement, military, and national security establishments. Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson The American Enterprise Online War-torn Iraq has about 26 million residents, a peaceful California perhaps now 35 million. The former is a violent and impoverished landscape, the latter said to be paradise on Earth. But how you envision either place to some degree depends on the eye of the beholder and
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Georgia Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s recent run-in with a security official at the nation’s Capitol reminded me of an earlier dust-up. Share This
A review of The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians by Peter Heather and The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization by Bryan Ward-Perkins. by Victor Davis Hanson The New Criterion After September 11 and the acrimonious war in Iraq, America was castigated as the world’s sole “empire,” “hegemon,” or