by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
In Greek mythology, the prophetess Cassandra was doomed both to tell the truth and to be ignored. Our modern version is a bankrupt Greece that we seem to discount. Continue reading “Civilization in Reverse”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Is Reading Good Books Over?
There is great “truth and beauty” in Homer’s Iliad [1], but I would not try to make his sale on such platitudes. Continue reading “So Why Read Anymore?”
by Katheryn Jean Lopez
National Review Online
Victor Davis Hanson, known as VDH to his fans, has a new book out. This time, it’s a novel, The End of Sparta. He talked with National Review Online’s Kathryn Jean Lopez about the Greeks and the novel. Continue reading “A Novel VDH”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Candor
Aside from courage — the essential trait without which, as the ancients insisted, all other virtues are impossible — candor is now the most appreciated. Continue reading “Ancient Virtues and Modern Sins”
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”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
High-Speed Rail?
California sits in a time warp. Despite tax hikes that make our roughly 10% income tax and 10% sales tax among the highest in the nation, there is little to show for it during the last forty years. Continue reading “Strangers in a Familiar Land”