Is Tom Hanks Unhinged?

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Much has been written of the recent Tom Hanks remarks to Douglas Brinkley in a Time magazine interview about his upcoming HBO series on World War II in the Pacific. Here is the explosive excerpt that is making the rounds today. Continue reading “Is Tom Hanks Unhinged?”

Strange Happenings

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

Hillary Starbuckle

What planet are we on? Hillary Clinton, of “suspension of disbelief” fame, now is complaining about the deleterious effect of domestic partisan discord on the conduct of foreign policy? Continue reading “Strange Happenings”

The Islamist Mindset: How it Rationalizes–and Promotes–‘Sex Sins’

by Raymond Ibrahim

PJ Media

Is it inconsistent for Muslim “holy warriors” to engage in voyeuristic acts of lasciviousness? Continue reading “The Islamist Mindset: How it Rationalizes–and Promotes–‘Sex Sins’”

Save the State Worker?

On Receiving Another Request to Protest, Write a Letter, Give Money

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Fantasyland

I am looking over a pile of form letters and going over emails of anguish, all decrying the cuts in state government. Continue reading “Save the State Worker?”

No Allies–But Plenty of Enemies

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Almost 30 years after losing a war over the Falkland Islands, Argentina is once again warning Britain that it still wants back what it calls the Malvinas. Continue reading “No Allies–But Plenty of Enemies”

The ‘I Am Not George Bush’ Policy

All the borrowing at home and fighting abroad?

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

The first year of the Obama administration has been a vertiginous pile of confusions and contradictions. In hunting for a theme to its decision making, we might start with Obama’s relation to his predecessor. Continue reading “The ‘I Am Not George Bush’ Policy”

We Have Rave on the Brain: The Present Mishmash

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

What’s going on with race relations? I just read an account of racial tension at UC San Diego, involving largely white students of a fraternity crassly parodying black history month. Continue reading “We Have Rave on the Brain: The Present Mishmash”

Dronism

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

California is a rich state — as the world found out the last century. It has the best farmland in the world, much of it watered by gravity-fed irrigation from the Sierra. Its timber acreage is vast. Continue reading “Dronism”

Politically Correct Killing?

Obama needs to clarify his anti-terrorism policy.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

By all accounts, President Obama has vastly increased the number of Predator drone strikes during his 13 months in office and expanded the theater of missile operations by thousands of square miles. Continue reading “Politically Correct Killing?”

Obama–Too Little, Too Late

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

The United States may very well owe a crushing $20 trillion by 2020. And thus President Obama last week named a bipartisan commission to find ways to address our national debt. Continue reading “Obama–Too Little, Too Late”