Alexander the Greatest

by Victor Davis Hanson The Times Literary Supplement A review of: Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past by Paul Cartledge (341 pp., Macmillan. £18.99) Alexander: Destiny and Myth by Claude Mossé (244 pp., Edinburgh University Press. £49.99.) Alexander the Conqueror: The Epic Story of the Warrior Kingby Laura Foreman (213 pp., Da Capo. £19.99.) […]

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Sizing Up Iraq

Things are coming to a head in the Middle East. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online From the various insurgencies of the Peloponnesian War to the British victory over Communist guerrillas in Malaya, there remain constants across 2,500 years of time and space that presage victory or defeat. Share This

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A Shiv in the Back

How politicized college courses mangle education. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers A review of Ben Shapiro’s Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America’s Youth. Share This

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Kerry, Captive

An anatomy of flip-flopping. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online There is a logic to Senator Kerry’s flip-flopping that transcends his political opportunism: He is simply a captive of the pulse of the battlefield, without any steady vision or historical sense that might put the carnage of the day into some larger tactical, strategic, or

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Spread Democracy

What to ask John Kerry by Victor Davis Hanson New York Times The New York Times asked a few leading commentators to pose questions to President Bush and Senator Kerry at the first debate on September 30th, 2004. Share This

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The Fall

A bankrupt generation is fading away. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Dan Rather’s initial, furious street-side defense of an amateurish forgery — smug, huffy, self-righteous — brings to mind one of those bad movies about the Paris barricades, especially the grainy, black-and-white shots of powdered and wigged aristocrats on their way to the

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