by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
What with exhaustion, overexposure, and the temptation to comment on just about anything in the news, presidential candidates and presidents alike naturally often slip up. Continue reading “Obama’s Target List”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
At any time in the 2,500-year history of Western diplomacy, has a head of state been advised by his host not to apologize for a long-ago act? I cannot think offhand of any instance until, apparently, two years ago. Continue reading “Obama’s Empty Apologetics”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
We are in a long war against radical Islamic terrorism. The struggle seems almost similar to the on-again/off-again ordeals of the past — such as the French-English Hundred Years War of the 14th and 15th centuries, or the Thirty Years War between Catholics and Protestants in the 17th century. Continue reading “Predator-in-Chief”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The New Old Debate Over Illegal Immigration
The debate over illegal immigration is mostly fossilized. We know the predictable contours. Continue reading “The Moral Dimensions of Illegal Immigration”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Once upon a time, loud dissent, filibustering in the Senate, and gridlock in the House were as democratic as apple pie. Continue reading “Democracy’s New Discontents”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
The election of Barack Obama brought all sorts of contradictions. A man with about the least prior executive experience in presidential history was suddenly acclaimed a “god” and the smartest man ever to assume the office. Continue reading “Ten Lessons from Obama”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
When President Obama’s polls hit 40 percent approval, he fumed at “billionaires and millionaires,” “fat cat bankers” and “corporate jet owners.” Continue reading “Postmodern Class Warfare”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
In the current racial circus, the president of the United States, in addressing an assembly of upscale black professionals and political leaders, adopts the style of a Southern Baptist preacher of the 1960s. Continue reading “Obama’s Racial Crisis”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
A Look Back
People just don’t disappear. Look at Germany in 1946 or Athenians in 339 B.C. Continue reading “Why Does the Good Life End?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Will Israel survive? That question hasn’t really been asked since 1967. Continue reading “Can Israel Survive?”