Victor Davis Hanson observes that the tragic view of life has returned to America.

Michael Tanner remarks on the lack of austerity in Harry Reid’s proposed “cuts.”

Charlie Cooke notes that gun laws rarely hit their intended targets.

Jay Nordlinger asks for some grammatical modesty from our presidential candidates.

Daniel Pipes wonders if the Norway bomber meant to hurt the European-assimilation cause.

Robert Zubrin suggests that the U.S. use methanol to break our dependence on foreign oil.

Michelle Malkin exposes Rep. David Wu’s creepy enablers.