If Tiger Woods Were a Classicist, Author, Professor and Syndicated Columnist..

... he'd be Victor Davis Hanson. VDH is the man, in my opinion, he has just penned his best article.

Mr. Hanson writes about the rise and fall of western civilation, one with lost confidence and the inablitiy to confront Islam and terrorists. He paints a dark picture of our current time in history, a once great and mighty civilation now living in the most properous of times, never more powerful militaristically, yet we are being done in by no one other than ourselves...... and secular liberalism.

The elites "great" Europe, that thinkers paradise of artistic and intellectual expression have succumbed to the grips of Islam, where European movie makers (Van Gogh) are brutally murdered for expressing their artistic ideas, or sketch some cartoons and have to go into hiding fearing for their life, yah, there's real artistic and intellectual freedom. It's sad that the very ones who spout the hate and vitriole at GW Bush, Oriana Fallaci, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay can't seem to muster up the same hate for Zawahri, radical mullahs and terrorists.

But all is not so dark and dreary, VDH believes that it's time to strap on the boots and adds a great touch with a quote from Winston Churchill........

"These are not dark days: these are great days--the greatest days our country has ever lived."

Never more true than today.

Here's his excellent article.......