The Great American Debt

We commit suicide by debt addiction, China rakes in IOUs.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

With our national debt at $11 trillion and climbing at a projected rate of $1 to $2 trillion a year, examine the brilliant manner in which Americans justify borrowing much of this money from abroad, particularly from the Chinese. Continue reading “The Great American Debt”

The End of Post-Racialism

by Bruce S. Thornton

FrontPageMagazine.com

So much for Obama striking a new tone on race.

President Obama’s response during his press conference to the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates — that the Cambridge police officer “acted stupidly,” despite Obama’s confession that he didn’t know what really had happened — should lay to rest the illusion that Obama somehow represents the transcendence of racial politics. Continue reading “The End of Post-Racialism”

Our Angry Aristocracy

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Scolding Americans for our various sins is proving popular among an elite group of self-appointed moralists. Continue reading “Our Angry Aristocracy”

Lose, Lose When You Talk About Race

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Why the Gates Affair Bored Us

President Obama and the subject of race remind me of the proverbial camel’s back and straws: the American people shrugged off “typical white person”, then forgave  the clingers speech. Continue reading “Lose, Lose When You Talk About Race”

Mediterranean Reflections on What Went Wrong

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Italy…

I have been traveling as a lecturer on a Hillsdale College Byzantium Cruise (from Venice to Athens, with several stops in the Adriatic, Mediterranean, and Aegean) for the last few days, and here are some eccentric reflections on civilizations of the past. Continue reading “Mediterranean Reflections on What Went Wrong”

Entertainment Gone Awry

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

What’s Hollywood to Do?

Over the last eight years we saw Fahrenheit 911SyrianaRedacted,RenditionStop LossLions for LambsIn the Valley of Elah, and a host of other movies released about the U.S. war on terror and the Iraqi conflict. Continue reading “Entertainment Gone Awry”

The Blues: Disappointment in the Era of Hope and Change

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

The Gloves Come Off?

I think the new combativeness coming out of the White House will only increase — given growing unhappiness over increased joblessness, the omnipresence of old Clinton-era attack dogs, new public doubts that vast new government programs are really the answer to what was in part a government Freddie- and Fannie-inspired crisis, and, especially, the sheer novelty of anyone questioning the messianic Barack Obama. Continue reading “The Blues: Disappointment in the Era of Hope and Change”

Big Government Medicine

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Big new taxes. Big new spending. Big new government. This seems to be the proposed cure for the Wall Street-inspired recession. Continue reading “Big Government Medicine”

Obama’s Puzzling Approach to the Muslim World

by Raymond Ibrahim

PJ Media

President Barack Obama and I have one thing in common shared by few Americans: we were brought up by at least one parent — biological or step is irrelevant — who was born and raised in an Islamic milieu. Intimately aware of the inevitable effects of this, I must question Obama’s sincerity in his approach to the Islamic world. Continue reading “Obama’s Puzzling Approach to the Muslim World”

What Was That ‘Stupidity’ All About?

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

The Gates incident seems to have had little to do with race but a lot to do with the natural human misunderstandings that happen every day in police scenes — and its final twist has everything to do with insider privilege and aristocratic disdain. Continue reading “What Was That ‘Stupidity’ All About?”