August has passed, but its craziness may not have. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The Greeks believed that the rising of Sirius, the Dog Star, in August made the sun grow hot, and hence inaugurated a period when people acted a little crazy — as we ourselves all saw the past few weeks. […]
Gaza pullout will turn terror morass to conventional standoff. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services “Brilliant tactician, lousy strategist.” So goes the conventional wisdom about the old bulldozer Ariel Sharon. Share This
Iraq: Where socialists and anarchists join in with racialists and paleocons. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online It is becoming nearly impossible to sort the extreme rhetoric of the antiwar Left from that of the fringe paleo-Right. Both see the Iraqi war through the same lenses: the American effort is bound to fail and
An analysis of the radically different paths taken by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services “I supported the war, but not the aftermath” is a commonplace lament about Afghanistan and Iraq. But dealing with terrorists and fanatics is never easy. We can attest to that by looking at hotspots — Gaza, Iran and North Korea —
Do we even have a word to descrive the new criticism? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Sometimes even the English language is without the right word to describe a commonplace occurrence. We don’t, for example, have a term quite like the German schadenfreude: Share This
The rationale behind a new world order by Victor Davis Hanson The American Enterprise A version of this essay appears in the current issue of The American Enterprise Share This
We should remember that misery breeds anger, not wisdom. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers The liberal media is delighted with Cindy Sheehan. Share This
Reviving guestworker program is fruitless by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Millions of people in Mexico need work. Americans have millions of jobs that we apparently won’t do ourselves. Presto! The answer to illegal immigration is obviously a lawful guest-worker program. Share This
The words of radical Islam speak for themselves. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online “You will find that the Jews were behind all the civil strife in this world. The Jews are behind the suffering of the nations.” Share This
Why do we keep fighting each other over Iraq? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online ISOLATIONISTS Most paleocons did not support either the attack on Afghanistan or Iraq — and did not in the sincere belief it was not in the interest of the United States. Share This