by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
It is not easy to ruin the American economy; doing nothing[1] usually means it repairs itself[2] and soon is healthier than before a recession. Continue reading “How to Weaken an Economy”
Tag: Greece
The End of Sparta: An Excerpt
by Victor Davis Hanson
As the Thebans help the freed helots build their new city of Messenê, the Argive general Epitêles decides his men are no longer needed and will head home to Argos, leaving the Thebans and Messenians to their work: Continue reading “The End of Sparta: An Excerpt”
The Ancient World As It Was
by Cody Carlson
The Deseret News
Review of The End of Sparta by Victor Davis Hanson, Bloomsbury Press, 2011 Continue reading “The Ancient World As It Was”
Occupy What?
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Playing With Fire
Occupy Wall Street follows three years of sloppy presidential name-calling — “millionaires and billionaires,” slurs about Las Vegas and the Super Bowl, profit-mad, limb-lopping doctors, introspection that now is not the time for profits [1] and at some point we should cease making money, spread the wealth, punish our enemies, and all the old Obama boilerplate. Someone finally got the message about the evil 1%. Continue reading “Occupy What?”
The End of Sparta: An Excerpt
Private Papers
After the battle of Leuktra, and the defeat of Sparta, the Thebans parley with the Spartan general Lichas, who remains as defiant as ever: Continue reading “The End of Sparta: An Excerpt”
The End of the Euro?
Good riddance to a bad idea.
by Bruce S. Thornton
Defining Ideas
The champions of the European Union once touted it as a “bold new experiment in living” and “the best hope in an insecure age.” Continue reading “The End of the Euro?”
Yet Another Reason to Leave the UN
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
No one familiar with the sordid history of the United Nations should be surprised at the moral idiocy recently on display in Turtle Bay, when the General Assembly cheered Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ demand for statehood despite offering Israel nothing in return. Continue reading “Yet Another Reason to Leave the UN”
Do We Need Politicians Who Are Smart or Virtuous?
by Bruce S. Thornton
Advancing a Free Society
“The president isn’t very bright,” Bret Stephens writes in The Wall Street Journal, an assessment that raises an important question: Is “intelligence” necessary in a president? Continue reading “Do We Need Politicians Who Are Smart or Virtuous?”
The Global Fairness Madness
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Whether in the fights over the US debt limit or the rioting in Athens, the common global theme is not poverty in absolute terms, but more often fairness — as in having about the same amount of things as others do. Continue reading “The Global Fairness Madness”
Liberal Frankensteins
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
This Fourth of July, what remains is the Founders’ vision of a limited government; the idea of a population united by common values, themes, and ideas; a republican form of checks-and-balances government to prevent demagoguery, factions, and tyranny of the majority; the sanctity and autonomy of the nation-state; and individual freedom and liberty as protected through the Bill of Rights. Everything after and against that has proved a failure. Continue reading “Liberal Frankensteins”