April 2010

The Ongoing Melodrama of Victims and Oppressors

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services President Obama, in the tradition of progressive Democratic leaders, believes government should ask the more economically fortunate citizens to be responsible for helping the less well off. Share This

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Is There a Rhyme or Reason to U.S. Foreign Policy?

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner During the 2008 campaign, the Obama group argued that Bush & Co. were insensitive to allies and had acted in clumsy, unilateral fashion, permanently damaging our stature in the world. Share This

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Our American Catharsis

Will Obama-time be a transitory experience or an enduring tragedy? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online For years conservatives have railed about the creeping welfare state. They have tried to tag liberals with being soft on national security, both for courting those who faulted America and for faulting others who courted it. Share This

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The End of Trust

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Greek Bonds, Anyone? The world is getting a little edgy when very few investors are willing to buy Greek bonds — given what they know about Greek politics and productivity. Share This

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Spartacus, The Pacific, and the “Last of the Romans”

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Beefcake Beheading I have been catching up on the episodes of the new Starz series on Spartacus, the Thracian slave who terrified Rome between 73 to 71 B.C., through a mass servile uprising originating in Capua. Share This

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A Postmodern Presidency

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media A Pretentious Word for a World Without Rules Given thirty years of postmodern relativism in our universities, we were bound to get a postmodern president at some point. Share This

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Next Battle: Immigration

What we will–and will not–hear in the upcoming debate. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online After the healthcare fight, we can expect the Obama administration to use the same template to pass “comprehensive immigration reform.” Share This

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More Bottled Piety

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner This week’s talking point is the sudden danger of new right-wing violence, and the inflammatory push-back against healthcare. Share This

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Remembering the Pacific War

Today marks the 65th anniversary of the invasion of Okinawa. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Sixty-five years ago, on April 1, 1945, the United States Marines, Army, and Navy invaded Okinawa. The ensuing three months of combat resulted in the complete defeat and near destruction of imperial Japanese forces on the island, just …

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