Peace for Our Time
by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online The Iranian agreement comes not in isolation, unfortunately. The Syrian debacle instructed the Iranians that the Obama administration was more interested in announcing a peaceful breakthrough than actually achieving it.
Obamacare-Speak
The Obama administration is altering its language like there’s no tomorrow. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online The Obama administration once gave us “man-caused disasters” for acts of terrorism and “workplace violence” for the Fort Hood shootings. Now it has trumped those past linguistic contortions by changing words to mask the Obamacare disaster. The […]
‘Largest Massacre of Christians in Syria’ Ignored
by Raymond Ibrahim // RaymondIbrahim.com One of the worst Christian massacres—complete with mass graves, tortured-to-death women and children, and destroyed churches—recently took place in Syria, at the hands of the U.S.-supported jihadi “rebels”; and the U.S. government and its “mainstream media” mouthpiece are, as usual, silent (that is, when not actively trying to minimize matters). The massacre […]
Muslim Blood Superior to Infidel Blood
by Raymond Ibrahim // RaymondIbrahim.com Arguing that Muslim blood is more precious than infidel blood, Muslim clerics in and out of Sudan are outraged because a Sudanese court has condemned a Muslim man to death—simply because he murdered a non-Muslim, the American diplomat John Granville on January 1, 2008.
Obama’s Noble Lies
Stop worrying whether the president’s statements conform to ossified standards if truth. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online What is the common denominator of the Obama administration’s serial scandals — the Justice Department’s spying on AP, the IRS targeting of conservative groups, the NSA surveillance, the lies about Benghazi and the ACA — and much of the White […]
The Tenth Life of an Obamacat
by Victor Davis Hanson // NRO’s The Corner An Obamcat administration is given nine, but not ten, lives:
The Moral Decline of Oprah
by Victor Davis Hanson // NRO’s The Corner Multi-billionaire Oprah Winfrey, after her surreal $38,000 handbag “racism” encounter in Switzerland, has just weighed in again on race and the presidency, as yet the nth way of hyping her new film: “There’s a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs in some cases and […]
The World of the Coliseum
by Victor Davis Hanson // PJ Media I woke up one morning not long ago, and noticed that the world that I was born into no longer exists. It was as if I had once lived in Republican Italy, took a nap, and awoke to the Roman Empire, AD 200. Latifundia Let me explain. All the […]
The Rule of Law?
by Victor Davis Hanson // NRO’s The Corner When his pet businesses did not like elements of the Affordable Care Act, Obama simply exempted them. When employers objected that their mandate would unduly hamper job creation, the president simply ignored the settled law and exempted them. Now, when millions have lost their coverage, the president is […]
Jumping Off the Global Tiger’s Back
The Obama administration has little interest in world leadership. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online The United States has ridden — and tamed — the wild global tiger since the end of World War II. The frantic ride has been dangerous, to us, but a boon to humanity. At the same time, America’s leadership […]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: August, 2013
by Raymond Ibrahim // Gatestone Institute The attacks on Egypt’s Coptic Christians and their churches that began in July on the heels of the popular June 30 Revolution — which saw the ousting of President Morsi and prompted the Muslim Brotherhood to scapegoat and incite violence against the Copts — became even more brutal in mid-August after security […]
Obamacare Is Dead. Long Live Obamacare!
by Victor Davis Hanson // NRO’s The Corner In the next 90 days, the Obama administration will have to declare victory and then abandon most of Obamacare. The legislation defies the laws of physics—more and broader coverage for more people at less cost—as well as logic: Young people, on average as a cohort with higher debt and less […]
America’s Wilderness Years
by Victor Davis Hanson // PJ Media Most two-term presidents leave some sort of legacy. Ronald Reagan won the Cold War. George W. Bush prevented another 9/11, and constructed an anti-terrorism protocol that even his critical successor embraced and often expanded. Even our one-term presidents have achieved something. JFK got Soviet missiles out of Cuba. LBJ […]
Obama’s Fallout for the Left
He will not be harmed by his “misspeaking,” but his fellow liberals will. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online Conservatives keep blaring, “Obama lied!” over the president’s serial untruths about the Affordable Care Act. Even liberal pundits now talk of the president’s “misspeaking,” or even of his “misleading” statements and only so-so corrections. But […]
Obama Accused of ‘Crimes Against Humanity’
by Raymond Ibrahim // CBN News According to Egyptian newspaper El Watan, a group of Egyptian lawyers has submitted a complaint charging U.S. president Barrack Hussein Obama with crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.