The Left’s Selective Outrage
by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine You know liberals are edging toward a full Jonestown-style meltdown when someone as smart as New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman starts losing it. Share This
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Nobelitics
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Nobel Prizes from Lala Land Norway is a tiny country that was born lucky. It is weak and defenseless (and was quickly overrun in World War II [while neighboring, neutral Sweden sold the Third Reich 40% of its iron ore, that went for everything from Tiger tanks to kill
Thoughts on the Hysteria About Afghanistan
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Afghanistan is a messy war, but so far it has been conducted with a minimum loss of American life while achieving some important goals. Share This
The Buck Passes Here
According to Obama’s chorus of whiners, nothing is ever his fault. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Meet the Obama whiners. “They did it” is the new administration’s credo when things go wrong. Share This
Change and Hope
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media The Olympic Fiasco I think most Americans were rooting for Chicago. As I wrote on NRO’s corner, I know I was. Share This
A Troubling Policy on Iran
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Chickens Roosting Where to begin with the “surprise” announcement of a second, previously undisclosed “nuclear facility”? Some thoughts: Share This
The War in Afghanistan
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Two-Front Wars — Theirs and Ours Something is not quite right about the conventional wisdom about the Afghanistan war. Share This
Three Dangerous Stooges
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Last week, three dictators — from Iran, Libya and Venezuela — delivered lunatic hate speeches at the General Assembly of the United Nations. Share This
Being Frank
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner It Would Have Been Easier Just to Tell the Truth Given the recent arrests of several jihadist plotters, we can be thankful that Obama did not, as once promised in various early manifestations, end renditions, wiretaps, intercepts, and the Patriot Act (“shoddy and dangerous”). Share This
The Obsolescence of a Slur
Criticisms of Obama are increasingly met by cries of “Racist!” Are his critics racists? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The charge of racism has been leveled against critics of President Obama’s healthcare reform by everyone from New York Times columnists, racial activists, and Democratic legislators to senior statesmen like Jimmy Carter (“It’s a racist attitude”),