by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Something has gone terribly wrong in the entire reaction to the Ft. Hood massacres, as evidenced by the media, the administration, the military authorities, and perhaps the public at large. Continue reading “Is Fort Hood Really a “Tragedy?””
by Janie Glazov
FrontPage Magazine
FP: Victor Davis Hanson, welcome to Frontpage Interview.
I’d like to talk to you today about radical Islam and the Obama administration’s ability and inclination, or lack thereof, to confront it. Continue reading “Obama’s “Bush Did It” Narrative: An Interview with VDH”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
To Obama, “they” are responsible for all our troubles. Problem is, “they” are most of us. Continue reading “Who Are ‘They’?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Many in the media are arguing there is nothing more to the Major Hasan mass murder than derangement and the various personal “issues” that “set him off.” Continue reading “Sacrificing Americans”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Not in Good Form
Based on a few of President Obama’s statements, this was not a particularly good week for the administration. Continue reading “What If?–Mr. President”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
As President Obama decides whether to send more troops to Afsghanistan, we should remember that most of the conventional pessimism about Afghanistan is only half-truth. Continue reading “Afghan Mythologies”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Gorism
The news of this week made mention of Al Gore as our soon-to-be, first carbon billionaire. Accounts included both his earlier and contemporary angry denials that he was greedy, or had used his vast network of government contacts to influence public loans, contracts, and regulations, in parlaying a 2001 net worth of $2 million apparently into a green empire of several hundred million. Continue reading “The Discreet Charm of the Left-wing Plutocracy”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
News accounts are spotty; emotions run high; reliable information is rare; rumor abounds. Nevertheless, what are we to make of Maj. Continue reading “Fort Hood”
by Herbert Jordan
Private Papers
For perspective on the war in Afghanistan, President Obama ought to take a look through the lens of the oldest geopolitical conflict in the history of Western civilization, in which Greek warriors crossed the Aegean Sea to Asia Minor, besieged the citadel of Troy, and ultimately prevailed after ten gruelling years. Continue reading “Afghanistan and the Trojan War”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Up Is Now Down, Down Up
If one were to collate the public statements and actions of many in the Obama administration, one would conclude that the most conciliatory past language masks the most divisive, polarizing administration in recent history — a fact born out by most polls. Continue reading “A Very Interesting Next Three Years”