by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
George W. Bush’s September 14, 2001, so-called “bullhorn” speech, that he gave with his arm around fireman Bob Beckwith at Ground Zero (“I can hear you! Read more →
Bush’s Warranted Rehabilitation Will Come
Posted in: Retrospective, 9/11 / Tagged: 9/11, Barack Obama, Bush Administration, David Petraeus, GDP, George Bush, Ground Zero, Guantanamo, Hurricane Katrina, Patriot Act, WMD
The Ripples of 9/11
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
After the radical Islamist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the foiled effort to ram a fourth jet into the Capitol in Washington, no one envisioned that there would follow eleven years without another major attack. Since September 11, 2001, over 45 terrorist plots have been uncovered and foiled in the United States; al Qaeda, as a terrorist threat, seems regionalized and without the ability to inflict mayhem on a similarly large scale on the Western world; bin Laden is no more; and the Arab Islamic world itself is divided and torn by the conflicting currents of theocracy, democracy, and dictatorship. Read more →
Posted in: 9/11 / Tagged: 9/11, al-Qaeda, Arab Spring, Barack Obama, George Bush, Islam, Patriot Act, Terrorism
Presidential Narcissism
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Former president Bill Clinton just appeared in a reelection television commercial for President Barack Obama. At one point, Clinton weighs in on the potential consequences of Obama’s decision to go ahead with the planned assassination of Osama bin Laden. Read more →
Posted in: Retrospective, Terrorism, Election 2012 / Tagged: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, China, Eastern Europe, Election 2008, Muslim Brotherhood, North Korea, Osama bin Laden, Patriot Act, Taliban, Terrorism, The Middle East
It Was the Power, Stupid!
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
I. Power — Always Was and Always Will Be
In my dumber days, between 2001-2008, I used to wonder why the Left relentlessly hammered the war on terror (e.g., renditions, tribunals, predators, preventative detention, Patriot Act, intercepts, wiretaps, Guantanamo Bay) when these measures had not only proven quite useful in preventing another 9/11-like attack, but had been sanctioned by both the Congress and the courts. In those ancient times, I was not as cynical as I am now. Read more →
Posted in: America's Future, Political Culture, The Left / Tagged: 9/11, Barack Obama, Celebrity, Constitution, Democrats, Fat Cats, Guantanamo, Martha's Vineyard, Mitt Romney, No Child Left Behind, Obamacare, Patriot Act, Power, Science, Scooter Libby, Solyndra, Terrorism, War on Women
Strangers in a Stranger Land
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Trostky-ization
In ancient Rome, when the emperor or an especially distasteful elite died, his image on stone and in bronze was removed. And by decree there arose adamnatio memoriae, a holistic effort to erase away his entire prior existence. Read more →
Posted in: America's Future, Commentary / Tagged: Barack Obama, Catholic Church, Constitution, Darwin, Debt, Defense of Marriage Act, Energy, Guantanamo, History, Hollywood, Obamacare, Oil and Gas, Patriot Act, Rome, Russia, Supreme Court, Trayvon Martin, Trotsky, Unemployment, United States Economy, Zimmerman
The Un-Obama
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Barack Obama’s favorability in the polls fell when he acted like himself — overexposed, hard-left in his press conferences, and boastful about legislative achievements like Obamacare and a stimulus of more than $1 trillion. Read more →
Posted in: First Term Policies, Healthcare / Tagged: Barack Obama, Debates 2012, Debt Ceiling, Newt Gingrich, Obamacare, Oil and Gas, Patriot Act, Terrorism
Obama’s Postmodern Vision
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
There has been for months a popular parlor game of tallying instances in which President Obama seems to have either ignored or simply bypassed federal law. Read more →
Posted in: First Term Policies, Healthcare / Tagged: Barack Obama, Congress, Defense of Marriage Act, Guantanamo, Healthcare, Illegal Aliens, Law, Middle Class, Oil and Gas, Patriot Act, Postmodernism, Recess Appointments, War Powers Act
Myth and Reality After 9/11
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Why did radical Islamic terrorists kill almost 3,000 Americans a decade ago? Read more →
Posted in: 9/11 / Tagged: 9/11, al-Qaeda, Foreign Policy, George Bush, Guantanamo, Islam, Mainstream Media, Osama bin Laden, Patriot Act, The Middle East
Post-9/11 -Isms and -Ologies: A Look Back at a Decade
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The Never-ending Day
Like millions of Americans, I did not sleep much on the night of September 11. Read more →
Posted in: 9/11 / Tagged: 9/11, al-Qaeda, Anti-Ameircan, Anti-Semitism, Christianity, Cold War, Dark Ages, Dictatorships, Diversity, Guantanamo, Mohamed al-Zawahiri, Muslims, Osama bin Laden, Patriot Act, PC, Pentagon, Terrorism, Terrorism, The Middle East, Tribalism, WWI, WWII
The Baffling Logic of Barak Obama
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
When President Obama virtually ceases all new federal oil and gas leasing on public property, why would he then brag that despite his efforts, private companies on private land increased U.S. oil and gas production to new highs? Read more →
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