by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
One of the strangest things about the current California meltdown is how no one in state government here ever pauses to ask simple questions like: Why do we have the largest annual deficit with one of the highest sales tax and income tax rates in the country? Continue reading “More California Dreaming”
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
Many are now aware that the Koran — that is, Allah’s word — permits, not just polygamy, but forced concubinage (sex with captive women), according to Koran 4:3: “Marry such women as seem good to you, two and three and four; but if you fear that you will not do justice, then only one, or what your right hands possess [captive women taken in war].” Continue reading “Are Slave-girls in Islam Equivalent to Animals?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
[Editor’s Note: These Corners together show democratic ethics, laws, and oversight seem irrelevant to those who “did it all for the people.” At the same time, tribalism and aristocratic privilege and paternalism seem on the rise.]
Continue reading “For the People?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Caroline Kennedy’s Moment — A Sad Reflection of Our Times
The probable appointment of Caroline Kennedy, the 51-year-old daughter of former President John Kennedy, to fill Secretary-of-State nominee Hillary Clinton’s New York Senate seat is both laughable and yet a parable for our bankrupt times. Continue reading “Desperately Seeking Caroline”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
After various special sessions of the Legislature, assorted cries from the heart of our Governor, and the usual media sensationalism about an amorphous “they” who did this to us, California is once again broke. Continue reading “California Declares a Fiscal Crisis! You Think?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Hot Rod is more than hot
We don’t know to what degree Blagogate affects members of Obama’s team, and hope only that after a too long election, we get on with our new president and looming crises. Continue reading “That Was Then, This Is Now”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
When someone screams about a terrible policy of the present administration, just pose four questions: Continue reading “Blame Bush, Obama–or Us?”
by Terry Scambray
The Fresno Bee
Hatred for America is not a recent phenomenon. Despite the opportunities offered in America for all races, creeds and nationalities, a tradition persists that Americans are racist, superficially religious and uncomfortable with foreigners. Continue reading “The Defense of Thugs”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
We usually associate Westernism with globalized notions of consumer capitalism, free markets, advocacy for consensual government, and human and property rights. Continue reading “No Monopoly on Moral Paralysis”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Like some of you, I had the following reactions reading the transcripts of Illinois’s Governor Blagojevich: Continue reading “Blagotrocious”