by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media The Piper Must Be Paid I think the natural tendency of the U.S. economy to rebound from recession, coupled with the enormous inflationary forces of borrowing another $2 trillion, will result in some sort of a brief economic recovery. Share This
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
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
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Scolding Americans for our various sins is proving popular among an elite group of self-appointed moralists. Share This
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. Share This
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. Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner What’s Hollywood to Do? Over the last eight years we saw Fahrenheit 911, Syriana, Redacted,Rendition, Stop Loss, Lions for Lambs, In the Valley of Elah, and a host of other movies released about the U.S. war on terror and the Iraqi conflict. Share This
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
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. Share This
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