Our Obama Saga–Part Two. Chapters Five-Six

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Here’s the conclusion to the saga of Obama. I left off [1] with Chapter Four and why the Obama locomotive went off the rails after only a year. Continue reading “Our Obama Saga–Part Two. Chapters Five-Six”

Our Obama Saga. Part One–Chapters One to Four

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Chapter One — The Liberal Hope and Dream

I think our Obama’s collective story will some day be written something like this. The leftwing anointed vision of America got stalled with the failures of the Great Society, and the high tax, big government discontent of the 1970s and 1980s. Continue reading “Our Obama Saga. Part One–Chapters One to Four”

Thrashing the Job Makers

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

A year ago Barack Obama inherited a recession brought on by financial panic following the collapse of the housing bubble. Continue reading “Thrashing the Job Makers”

As Predictable as Clockwork–the Obama Three-step

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

I think we could see what was coming. This presidency has about as much subtlety in plot as a grade-B western, soap opera, or teenage tantrum. Continue reading “As Predictable as Clockwork–the Obama Three-step”

How Taqiyya Alters Islam’s Rules of War: Defeating Jihadist Terrorism

by Raymond Ibrahim

Middle East Quarterly (Winter 2010)

Islam must seem a paradoxical religion to non-Muslims. On the one hand, it is constantly being portrayed as the religion of peace; on the other, its adherents are responsible for the majority of terror attacks around the world. Continue reading “How Taqiyya Alters Islam’s Rules of War: Defeating Jihadist Terrorism”

The Obamarang

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

All politicians fudge on their promises. But this president manages to transcend the normal political exaggeration and dissimulation. Continue reading “The Obamarang”

Our Populist President?

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

Obama and Populism

I could believe President Obama’s postmortem take that the same populist sentiment that propelled Scott Brown to office also earlier sent him to the White House — if we saw fresh liberal Democrats winning seats in places like Alabama against entrenched Washington Republican insiders. But I don’t think that is happening quite yet. Continue reading “Our Populist President?”

Obama in Free Fall

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

A year ago, a number of “moderate” Republicans and Democratic stalwarts, in the gush of the inauguration, warned us of new Democratic majorities for years to come. Continue reading “Obama in Free Fall”

Obama versus Obama

Will the real Barack Obama please stand up?

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

There is little need any more to offer consistent opposition to Barack Obama, since he himself is already running hard against the many previous incarnations of Barack Obama.  Continue reading “Obama versus Obama”

Our Philosopher-King Obama

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

In Plato’s ideal society, philosopher kings and elite Guardians shepherded the rabble to force them to do the “right” thing. Continue reading “Our Philosopher-King Obama”