2010

An Existential Dilemma

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Unemployment is at 9.8 percent, and the figure is even higher when the long-term unemployed and dispirited are added in. What does President Obama do now? Share This

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Missing W: When the President Was an Adult

by Bruce S. Thornton RightNetwork.com Watching the recent interviews with George W. Bush on the occasion of the release of his memoirs has reminded me what it is like to have an adult for president. Share This

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Jerry Brown’s Last Hurrah

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The most interesting current political question is not whether Barack Obama will triangulate after his party’s midterm shellacking — he probably won’t — but what in the world California’s new old governor, Jerry Brown, will do in January 2011. Share This

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The Confused Morality of WikiLeaks

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner The latest WikiLeaks trove raises once more the following two issues — the circumstances of the release of classified documents and their contents. Share This

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The Consequences of Bad Ideas

Advantage: Russia. Disadvantage: The United States. The Obama Way. by Bruce S. Thornton RightNetwork.com The New START Treaty with Russia that President Obama is eager to have the Senate ratify is a bad idea for a lot of reasons. We can start with the details of the treaty itself. Share This

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The Age of Adolescence

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Never-never Land One of the great themes of the 1960s was to “do your own thing.” But usually “liberation” distilled down to creating your own rules and norms to justify allowing the appetites and passions to run free, while offering some sort of exalted cover for being either gross …

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The Dangers of Democracy

by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine The parliamentary elections that have begun in Egypt will impress only the most starry-eyed of democracy champions. Share This

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Reflections on an Ailing Society

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Buffettism Warren Buffett is once more calling for higher tax rates, in advising the Congress to revoke the Bush-era tax rates and apparently to return to those of the Clinton administration — reminiscent of the elder Gates touring the country stumping for a reinstatement of a substantial inheritance tax. …

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In Defense of Defense

by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Two bedrock beliefs of traditional conservatism are fiscal discipline and strong national defense. Share This

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