by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Immigration activists and Hispanic groups are demanding that President Obama deliver on his promised comprehensive package of immigration reform. Continue reading “Voting Present on Illegal Immigration”
Truman and the Principles of U.S. Foreign Policy
by Victor Davis Hanson
Wall Street Journal
Jimmy Carter rejected the postwar consensus. President Obama appears to be following a similar path. Continue reading “Truman and the Principles of U.S. Foreign Policy”
All Falling Down…
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Money
Obama’s mega-borrowing is predicated on a rather thin margin of safety. We can service nearly $2 trillion in additional debt this year — on top of the existing $11 trillion — only because interest rates are so low. Continue reading “All Falling Down…”
Guantanamo Laureate
Obama threw many stones at Bush, and now lives in a glass house.
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Over the last decade Barack Obama — in campaign mode for various state and federal offices — repeatedly denounced the Bush-era security protocols as either unlawful or of little utility. Continue reading “Guantanamo Laureate”
Presidential Purpose?
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Whom is Barack Obama Afraid of? — Another Barack Obama
One of the reasons why President Obama may be hesitating to commit fully to a renewed Afghan front is that he is worried that political opportunists might seek to gain advantage by loud rhetoric that unfairly simplifies the bad and worse choices, that he, like all other presidents in time of war, are confronted with. Continue reading “Presidential Purpose?”
Obamanoia
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Little Hope, Less Change
Consider: The 120,000 troops in “the surge is not working” Iraq are now complaining of ennui — while the White House is paralyzed over whether to send more troops to the new escalating front in Afghanistan. Continue reading “Obamanoia”
America’s Obama Obsession
Anatomy of a passing hysteria.
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
For 30 months the nation has been in the grip of a certain Obama obsession, immune to countervailing facts, unwilling to face reality, and loath to break the spell. Continue reading “America’s Obama Obsession”
The Kitty-Cat Who Roared
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
President Obama keeps roaring out deadlines like a lion — only later to meow like a little kitty. Continue reading “The Kitty-Cat Who Roared”
Now We Know Why He Passed on the Dalai Lama
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
I am not a big fan of saying that officials should resign for stupid remarks. But interim White House communications director Anita Dunn’s praise of Mao Zedong as a “political philosopher” is so unhinged and morally repugnant, that she should hang it up, pronto. Continue reading “Now We Know Why He Passed on the Dalai Lama”
Narcissus-in-Chief
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
While our Narcissus-in-Chief is frozen gazing at his perfect image in his private pool, choices have to be made in Afghanistan. Consider the following: Continue reading “Narcissus-in-Chief”