The Boston Globe is running a series entitled "The Mind of the Administration," highlighting a series of important writers and thinkers who have influenced the Bush policy-makers. As Peter Berkowitz noted in the Weekly Standard, all this has the smell of paranoia propounded by leftists claiming that mysterious intellectuals (often right-wing Jews) have infiltrated the White House and whisper in the President's ear. Still, the series carries interest, and the latest installment is on Victor Davis Hanson.

Too often I have passed over Hanson's posts at National Review Online, but after reading the Globe profile I went back and read his latest post. And what a read. A devastating (might I say vituperative?) article on the state of American Middle East policy worth every moment. Simply marvelous. Take a peek.