VDH

Victor Davis Hanson is a historian and writer whose responses to the various questions/criticisms/rants posed to him are better than most columnists I happen to read. I admire his straight forward approach, and his intelligent and calm, often fact-based (or disclaimed personal opinion) responses are refreshing. The old lawyer's adage says, "When you have the facts on your side, hammer the facts; when you have the law on your side, hammer the law; when you have neither, hammer the table." In today's political world, particularly the outrageous back and forth posturing between the GOP and the leaders of the Democratic party (Kerry, Dean, Boxer, Pelosi, et al) everyone wants to make their case. If you substitute truth for law, there is a lot of table hammering going on and not a lot of actual progress or optimism. As an example of Hanson's logic: one submitter asked Hanson "what can we do to find peace and balance in domestic politics?", and his response is good advice for anyone who claims to blog as a subject matter expert (which I don't claim to be, but it's good advice nonetheless). Read that response and others here.