2009

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. Share This

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Obama’s Path Not Taken

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media What Might Have Happened Remember Obama’s initial signature speech (e.g., “there is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America”), and all the subsequent conciliatory talk of no blue state, no red state America? Share This

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Presidents Aren’t What They Used to Be

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services From 1933 to 1960, America had nearly three decades of fairly successful presidencies — through the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, and the threat of nuclear Armageddon. Share This

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Continuity: St. Francis of Assisi, Fr. Zakaria Botros, and Islam

by Raymond Ibrahim Jihad Watch While not formally connected, two books I recently finished reading — St. Francis of Assisi and the Conversion of Muslims and Defying Death: Zakaria Botross, Apostle to Islam — complement each other very well, specifically by establishing continuity between medieval and modern Islam, and, in so doing, demonstrating that Islamic intolerance has a long

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On Shearing Sheep

Obama’s economic plans are relentlessly hostile to small business. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online You don’t produce wool by skinning the sheep. But that seems to be the present strategy to get small businesses to begin hiring, buying, and expanding. Share This

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War and Taxes

Two strikes against the new administration by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s  The Corner Look Back in Anger at Iraq It is striking how Obama references past mistakes on Afghanistan and emphasizes the now-tired “reset”-button themes — striking because of what is left unsaid. Share This

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Who Was Michael Jackson?

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services When Michael Jackson tragically died two weeks ago, millions were shocked. Share This

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Growing Worries about Our Pied Piper

Americans are catching on to Obama’s fiscal sins and rhetorical devices. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Recent news that President Obama’s approval ratings are beginning to slip is understandable. Even popular leaders lose appeal once they have to govern, and therefore offend, rather than merely promise and please. Share This

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The War Against the Producers

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Stimulus, Stimulus and Not a Drop… A “stimulus” of nearly a trillion dollars was proposed, without which we were told, unemployment would skyrocket and credit would tighten further. Share This

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