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 Guillotine, yelling out of their carriages at pitchfork-carrying peasants. Continue reading “The Fall”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Magazine
This essay appeared in the September 7, 2004 National Review Magazine.
John Kerry is worried about his record of support for gay unions, abortion-on-demand, and other hot-button liberal causes that rile moderate swing voters outside of New England. Continue reading “A Futile Foreign Policy”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
“War is a series of catastrophes that results in victory.” — Georges Clemenceau Continue reading “See Ya, Iraq?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Private Papers
Recently there was a demonstration not far from my home in central California. A number of illegal aliens were marching to demand the right to obtain California driver’s licenses. Their shrill advocates on television claimed that illegal residents of the state were willing to put up with demeaning questions about their legal status—but only if it meant in exchange gaining sanction to drive and obtain government identification. Continue reading “Our Moral Quagmire”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Private Papers
Well apart from the obvious lessons of the recent Olympic games that the amazing Greeks really did pull it off at the eleventh hour without major terrorist incidents, there was another story that remained largely ignored. Continue reading “The Other Olympics”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Chechen Islamicists burn up Russian airliners and shoot schoolgirls — and say they are victims, deprived of the chance for their own autonomous theocracy. Continue reading “Who Whole World Is Watching”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
The brutal slaughter of children in Russia is yet another wake-up call we are not heeding. Continue reading “The Muslim Masses Know Otherwise”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Private Papers
The greatest criticism of George Bush comes from the artistic and intellectual world. Alfred A. Knopf just published a novel by a prize-winning author about killing the President. The same theme of assassination is the stuff of off-Broadway comedies and stand-up comics. Continue reading “George Bush, Our Uncommon Hedgehog”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Private Papers
Only Arnold Schwarzenegger could get away with praising Richard Nixon and repeating the line “girlie-men” in a thick Germanic accent—and in prime time at a national convention. Continue reading “Our Terminator: Will He End Decades of Squander in Desperate California?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
The summer and fall have been and will be momentous: national political conventions, elections slated in Afghanistan and here at home, the Olympics, high gas prices, and near cultural hysteria, whether measured by Fahrenheit 9/11 or the Swift-boat ads. But brace yourself — this is only the beginning. Continue reading “Brace Yourself”