The Myth of a California Renaissance

September 12, 2013 victorhanson

Sacramento’s strategy for recovery is more taxes, more regulation, and more government.

by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online

Are the recent raves about a new California renaissance true?

Rolling Stone magazine just gushed that California governor Jerry Brown has brought the state back from the brink of “double-digit unemployment, a $26 billion deficit and an accumulated ‘wall of debt’ topping $35 billion.”

Unfortunately, California still faces existential crises. Continue reading “The Myth of a California Renaissance” →

The Death of Populism

August 1, 2013 victorhanson

Plenty of pleaders for rich and poor, but no politician speaks for the common man.

by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online

Occupy Wall Streeters claimed that they were populists. Their ideological opposites, the Tea Partiers, said they were, too. Both became polarizing. And so far populism, whether on the right or left, does not seem to have made inroads with the traditional Republican and Democrat

establishments.

Gas has gone up about $2 a gallon since Barack Obama took office. Given average yearly rates of national consumption, that increase alone translates into an extra $1 trillion that American drivers have collectively paid in higher fuel costs over the last 54 months.

Such a crushing burden on Continue reading “The Death of Populism” →

Life in the Twilight

July 30, 2013 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson // PJ Media

The Good News

America is in great shape energy-wise. We have more gas and oil reserves than ever before. Indeed, the United States could shortly become the world’s largest exporter of coal. Our cheaper power rates may bring energy-intensive industry back from Europe and Asia. Continue reading “Life in the Twilight” →

Back to our 20th-century future

July 25, 2013 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson // Tribune Media Services

We may be in the era of Facebook and fracking. But 2013 is still beginning to look a lot like the cataclysmic century we just left behind.

More people probably died from the wars of the 20th century than from the battles of the prior 2,500 years combined. The bloodiest century saw the rise of fascism, Nazism, communism and jihadism. Continue reading “Back to our 20th-century future” →

America’s Vast Margin of Error

June 13, 2013 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

The Obama administration is facing scandals everywhere — using the IRS to punish political enemies, seizing the phone records of Associated Press and Fox News reporters, monitoring phone and email accounts of millions, and making up stories about what happened in Benghazi. Continue reading “America’s Vast Margin of Error” →

Our Make No Mistake About It/ Let Me Be Perfectly Clear President

May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

If only Barack Obama had something to say…

After all, we have never had a president who descended the steps of Air Force One with such catlike agility, hands almost as paws lightly bouncing in synchronization with each elfish footstep. Continue reading “Our Make No Mistake About It/ Let Me Be Perfectly Clear President” →

The Baffling Logic of Barak Obama

May 5, 2013May 20, 2013 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

When President Obama virtually ceases all new federal oil and gas leasing on public property, why would he then brag that despite his efforts, private companies on private land increased U.S. oil and gas production to new highs? Continue reading “The Baffling Logic of Barak Obama” →

An Irrelevant Middle East

May 2, 2013May 20, 2013 victorhanson

Thanks to oil discoveries elsewhere, the region is losing its geostrategic clout.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Since antiquity, the Middle East has been the trading nexus of three continents — Asia, Europe, and Africa — and the vibrant birthplace of three of the world’s great religions. Continue reading “An Irrelevant Middle East” →

Confessions of a Counter-Revolutionary

April 16, 2013April 26, 2013 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

“Counter-revolutionary” is an apt term for these days: President Obama has promised to make a fundamental transformation, a veritable revolution in American society and culture. Continue reading “Confessions of a Counter-Revolutionary” →

After Obama

April 11, 2013April 15, 2013 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

We can imagine what lies ahead in 2017 — no matter the result of either the 2014 midterm elections or the 2016 presidential outcome. Continue reading “After Obama” →

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The Death of Populism

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