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Victor Davis Hanson is a noted historian and social critic whose philosophies are rooted in classicism. An author, contributing editor and professor, Victor Davis Hanson writes a world affairs column syndicated by Tribune Media Services.
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Victor Davis Hanson (Feb 09, 2012)
On the campaign trail, presidential candidate Barack Obama once called for a "reset" policy with Iran. Supposedly, the unpopularity of the Texan provocateur George W. Bush... more
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Victor Davis Hanson (Feb 02, 2012)
Barack Obama's favorability in the polls falls when he is himself -- overexposed, hard left in his press conferences, and boastful about legislative achievements like... more
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Victor Davis Hanson (Jan 26, 2012)
The news media seem obsessed with the serial affairs of a younger Newt Gingrich back in the last century. The anger of his second of three wives mysteriously became national... more
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Victor Davis Hanson (Jan 19, 2012)
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.
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Victor Davis Hanson (Jan 12, 2012)
President Obama just ordered massive cutbacks in defense spending, eventually to total some $500 billion. There is plenty of fat in a Pentagon budget that grew after 9/11,... more
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Victor Davis Hanson (Jan 05, 2012)
It proved as hard to break up the bankrupt European Union as it was to create it. For all the hundreds of stories predicting the imminent end of the union, insolvent Greece,... more