Souls that live on
Somehow, I managed to miss the death Friday of the fiery Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, 77, but Victor Davis Hanson does her obit proud, and brings in the Pope’s recent problem as well. "So long...
View ArticleRacial polarization
I agree with VDH that, if you think racial attitudes are divisive now, just wait, as he predicts, til you see the outcome of the Dems’ Pennsylvania primary and the legacy of Obama’s defeat for the...
View ArticleIn the tank for Barry
I grew tired years ago of the NYT’s favored political narrative. So I wasn’t surprised when they ignored the Swift Boat veterans in 2004 to help keep John Kerry’s effete head above water. Followed of...
View ArticleGive ‘em hell, Dubya
It isn’t popular and that’s why someone needs to do it. Stand up for President Bush. And VDH is just the guy to do it. Like him, I could wish, however, for a more forceful defense of Dubya’s wartime...
View ArticleCan the depression talk
It’s no more than that. Just hysterical talk. Political talk, mainly. As VDH points out: "Over 92% of Americans are still at work. Over 90% are still servicing their mortgage debts each month. For...
View ArticleThe Californicators
They are a weird bunch, the California drones as VDH calls them. The ones who moved here back in the 90s to escape the hoards of Mexican illegals can be discerned by a proclivity to honk after the...
View ArticleVDH is such a hoot
The famed military historian and one of my favorite authors on our pathetically inept prez: “His speech today was fine—if one ignores the usual serial invocation of ‘I’, ‘me,’ and ‘my’ that we’ve...
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