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. Victor Davis Hanson received his Ph.D in Classics from Stanford University in 1980. Victor Davis Hanson is a Professor of Classics Emeritus at California State University, a Senior Fellow in Residence at the Hoover Institution and a fellow of Hillsdale College. In 1991, Victor Davis Hanson was awarded an American Philological Association Excellence in Teaching Award. Victor Davis Hanson was a visiting professor of Classics at Stanford University from 1991 - 1993 and a visiting professor of military history at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland during the 2002 - 2003 academic year. Victor Davis Hanson is the author of more than 350 articles, book reviews and newspaper editorials on Greek agrarian, the military and contemporary culture. Victor Davis Hanson has written or edited 15 books, including "Warfare and Agriculture," "The Western Way of War," "The Soul of Battle" and "Fields Without Dreams." Victor Davis Hanson's book, "Land Was Everything" was a Pen semi-finalist in 2000 his book and "Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power" appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List. In 2002, Victor Davis Hanson received the Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Journalism. Victor Davis Hanson is a contributing editor to Arion, the Military History Quarterly and City Journal. Victor Davis Hanson's editorials and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Book Review, the Wilson Quarterly, the Weekly Standard, the National Review, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mirror, City Journal, the Washington Times and Country Living. Victor Davis Hanson has been interviewed on National Public Radio and has appeared on the news hours of PBS, CSNBC, MSNBC and Fox. A native to farming, Victor Davis Hanson lives on a forty-acre tree and vine farm near Selma, California. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Who caused the American financial panic and the wild swings in our financial system -- and what are we going to do about it in the long term after the markets settle down? Republicans point to Fannie Mae and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2008/10/16/its_the_debt,_stupid 1544e556-088d-4632-bb24-22b4b3eef5c7 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Until the past few weeks, the financial panic was still mostly far away on Wall Street. But not now. Car loans, mortgages and college financing are suddenly harder to come by. Millions are stuck in houses not... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2008/10/09/wall_street_101 0fe1bdfc-f19b-461c-adf5-3e34fac5bbac Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Ancient thinkers from Thucydides to Cicero insisted that money was the real source of military power and national influence. We've been reminded of that classical wisdom these last three weeks. In a manner not... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2008/10/02/americas_nervous_breakdown_-_and_the_worlds f2f6c602-4092-4fb9-9ce1-b83625bba2b3 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT When the mortgage bubble burst, Americans were "shocked" at how many Wall Street buccaneers had been gambling in a vast pyramid scheme with someone else's money. Paper fortunes were made buying and selling questionable... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2008/09/25/dr_frankensteins_wall_street 016ba8fb-0c4c-4967-8391-14cdde05baf7 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:01:00 GMT The media went hysterical over Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska and Republican nominee for vice president. She may have appeared to the public as an independent, capable professional woman, but to a particular elite she... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2008/09/11/what_was_feminism 77947ce3-7214-4282-9254-d1b2c12d7f42 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:01:00 GMT The 2008 presidential campaign is supposed to be a referendum on "change" -- who brings it and who doesn't. Real change, however, hasn't yet proven to mean new politics. The "hope and change" Barack Obama sounds... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2008/09/04/want_real_change_quit_nominating_lawyers! 12c9aa35-ef8d-40b1-b39b-d4fabbd61c5a Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:01:00 GMT When I was growing up in the 1960s, we had a majestic Santa Rosa plum orchard on my family's farm. The trees were 40 years old and had grown to over 20 feet high. My grandfather would proudly recall how its once-bumper... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2008/08/28/farewell,_nato bfc6810c-e154-40b2-a7a9-e84cd1554d79 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT Everyone is distracted by the Olympics. The squabbling here on the campaign trail consumes the media. Two presidential candidates and a lame-duck president all are weighing in on foreign policy. No wonder Vladimir Putin... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2008/08/21/blame_everyone_but_russia! 0f9e1ac2-a14d-46be-a253-1cfaeb3130c7 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT Russia invades Georgia. China jails dissidents. China and India pollute at levels previously unimaginable. Gulf monarchies make trillions from jacked-up oil prices. Islamic terrorists keep car bombing. Meanwhile, Europe... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2008/08/14/brave_old_world b9b6d1bf-10f5-4772-b792-be22af01433d Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT Barack Obama and John McCain are running neck and neck. Impossible? It would seem so. Republican President Bush still has less than a 30 percent approval rating. Headlines blare that unemployment and inflation are up... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2008/08/07/hillarys_growing_shadow fc14b687-e6d6-409c-909a-b15a5cdda6d2 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT