Obama’s Theorems

The people don’t believe any more.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Part of the problem with the president’s agenda is that it is predicated on a number of radical ideas that are asserted, rather than proven. Continue reading “Obama’s Theorems”

Just Not Into You: A Letter to Europe

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Norway stunned the world by awarding the coveted Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama, who was nominated for the honor after being in office less than two weeks. Continue reading “Just Not Into You: A Letter to Europe”

Confessions of a Cultural Drop-out

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

I have some confessions to make, not because any of you readers are particularly interested in my views; but rather because I think some of you are in the same boat: Have you stopped reading, listening, watching, and paying attention to most of what now passes for establishment public or popular culture? Continue reading “Confessions of a Cultural Drop-out”

An Open Question to Osama Bin Laden–or Any Other Islamist

by Raymond Ibrahim

PJ Media

Ever since 9/11, when Osama bin Laden was thrust into the spotlight, he has made it a point to occasionally submit questions to Americans — questions which he apparently thinks are unanswerable. Continue reading “An Open Question to Osama Bin Laden–or Any Other Islamist”

Obama, the Prize and Political Theater

by Bruce S. Thornton

FrontPage Magazine

Giving Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, after a mere nine months in office and no foreign policy achievements whatsoever, confirms that the prize is a bit of political theater in which those Americans who put the world’s interests ahead of their own country’s will play the starring role. Continue reading “Obama, the Prize and Political Theater”

The Power of Payback

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Nemesis Everywhere

I have believed in the power of the goddess Nemesis (“dispenser of dues”) ever since I was introduced to the concept as a teenager studying classics, especially in the texts of Hesiod, Herodotus, and Sophocles. Continue reading “The Power of Payback”

Guru America

An American ever more liked–and ever less respected.

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

President Obama last week flew to Copenhagen to persuade the International Olympic Committee to award the 2016 games to Chicago, his hometown. Continue reading “Guru America”

The Left’s Selective Outrage

by Bruce S. Thornton

FrontPage Magazine

You know liberals are edging toward a full Jonestown-style meltdown when someone as smart as New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman starts losing it. Continue reading “The Left’s Selective Outrage”

Nobelitics

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Nobel Prizes from Lala Land

Norway is a tiny country that was born lucky. It is weak and defenseless (and was quickly overrun in World War II [while neighboring, neutral Sweden sold the Third Reich 40% of its iron ore, that went for everything from Tiger tanks to kill Americans to the ovens at Auschwitz — with free shipping across the Baltic included as a favor]. Continue reading “Nobelitics”