Please, No More Teachable Moments

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

The president of the United States has it hard enough without needlessly wading into, and fanning, local controversies. Continue reading “Please, No More Teachable Moments”

The Enigma of Our Age: From Arizona to Ground Zero

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

The recent controversies over the Ground Zero mosque and Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration law are windows into our collective souls. Think of the paradoxes. Continue reading “The Enigma of Our Age: From Arizona to Ground Zero”

The Cynical Brilliance of Imam Rauf

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Almost everything about the proposed Ground Zero mosque was cynically brilliant. Continue reading “The Cynical Brilliance of Imam Rauf”

Race on the Brain

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

The postmortem of the Sherrod affair will prove it to have been a net negative for the Obama administration — and not just because of its herky-jerky reaction to various reported and then re-reported statements. Continue reading “Race on the Brain”

Democratic Leadership?

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

Not Quite the Clinton Solution

In all the talk about returning to the Clinton income-tax tables, I have been confused on one small point: As I remember the Gingrich-Clinton years, the tax raises were followed by spending freezes and caps, and some time later we had balanced budgets, however fragile and temporary. Continue reading “Democratic Leadership?”

Teachable Moments

Why we know socialism works for the few, not the many.

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

Moveable Feast: From Marbella to Martha’s Vineyard

Is not there some old Harry Truman Democrat still around to advise the new Democratic aristocracy to live it down a bit in these tough times? Continue reading “Teachable Moments”

The Weeping, Wailing, and Gnashing of Teeth

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Posse on the Horizon

The usual rush to the exits from a sinking administration is now ongoing. Continue reading “The Weeping, Wailing, and Gnashing of Teeth”

Everyone a Bigot?

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Anti-Hispanic, anti-gay, anti-Muslim, anti-black — it is hard to keep track of all the recent allegations of bigotry.  Continue reading “Everyone a Bigot?”

Ground Zero for Mosque Resistance

by Karen Lugo

Redcounty.com

There is still time — and there are many reasons — to stop the Ground Zero Mosque. The location of a mega-mosque so close to Ground Zero has focused critical attention on the issue of mosque placements all across the United States. Continue reading “Ground Zero for Mosque Resistance”

Obama: Fighting the Yuppie Factor

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

In October 1987, Newsweek ran a cover story on would-be presidential candidate George H. W. Bush with the blaring headline “Fighting the Wimp Factor.” Continue reading “Obama: Fighting the Yuppie Factor”