The Art of Blowing It Bigtime

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

At the root of the president’s problems lies an erosion of public trust in his competence and his credibility. Continue reading “The Art of Blowing It Bigtime”

Pampered Populists

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

It’s surreal to see President Obama play the class-warfare card against the Republicans while on his way to vacation on the tony Maine coast, and even more interesting to note that now gone are the days when the media used to caricature Bush I (“Poppy”) for boating in the summer off the preppie-sounding Kennebunkport. Continue reading “Pampered Populists”

The Two Faces of the Ground Zero Mosque

by Raymond Ibrahim

PJ Media

Depending on whether Islamists address Americans or fellow Muslims, the same exact words they use often relay diametrically opposed meanings. Continue reading “The Two Faces of the Ground Zero Mosque”

Pity the Postmodern Cultural Elite

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

I think most of our problems transcend politics, which is increasingly a reflection of an elite, insider culture that is completely at odds with the majority of the country that it oversees. Continue reading “Pity the Postmodern Cultural Elite”

Not Obama Is Not Enough

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Republicans will shortly need to stand for something more than just being against much of the Obama agenda. Continue reading “Not Obama Is Not Enough”

The Ministries of Truth Weigh In

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

The Hope and Change Edicts

What are we to make of our current NASA chief, the distinguished retired Marine Corps major general and astronaut, Charles Bolden, who, in an interview with Al Jazeera, listed a “foremost” NASA objective as finding “a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering.”? Continue reading “The Ministries of Truth Weigh In”

Holder’s Hypocrisy

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Attorney General Eric Holder has developed a bad habit of accusing others of acting in bad faith while doing so himself. Continue reading “Holder’s Hypocrisy”

Our Year 2 A.B.

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Free at Last

For any of those who went into a coma around January of last year and just woke up, let me explain this new era after Bush (A.B.), variously known as “this is our moment,” “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for,” and the era when the “planet healed” and the seas “receded.” Continue reading “Our Year 2 A.B.”

The Psychology of Recession

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

I asked a businessman two weeks ago why he said that he was neither hiring nor buying new equipment. He started in on “rising taxes.”  Continue reading “The Psychology of Recession”