The Long March From California to Copenhagen
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media The Great Debate Oddly Is Not Over We are still in a great public debate between capitalism and socialism, and individual freedom versus statism — odd since hundreds of millions worldwide have escaped poverty the last 30 years due to the spread of Western-inspired free markets.
Our Flip-Flopping Wars
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services We don’t hear all that much about Iraq these days, do we?
Obama and the Malleability of History
In pursuit of nobel goals, Obama ignobly twists the truth. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online President Obama has given a number of major speeches touching on world affairs since he announced his bid for the presidency. All have invoked historical examples — usually for moral purposes, but often at the expense of both […]
Is American a Deer in the Headlights?
No one quite knows what is going on. by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Inflation? Interest rates are at rock-bottom levels. But banks are reluctant to lend — both afraid of shaky borrowers and loathe to get tied down with low-interest obligations if inflation roars back.
Change, Weakness, Disaster, Obama: Victor Davis Hanson Answers the Questions
by Bernard Chapin PJ Media “VDH” are three letters that may appear random to the general public, but for conservatives they have definite meaning. They signify the person of Dr. Victor Davis Hanson [1]. The scholar [2], professor [3], and political pundit [4] is especially well known to readers of Pajamas Media. His blog [5] consistently enriches the homepage and enlightens friend and foe. Dr. […]
Has War Really Changed?
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Has war been reinvented in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Obama’s Wheel of Fortune
Has the president noticed his luck has changed? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online No one in the Obama throng has ever believed much in the Roman concept of a “wheel of fortune” — rota fortunae — so often alluded to by the likes of Cicero and Boethius.
Are We to Be Led in War by a “Tiger” or a Kitten?
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner I agree with many here that the decision to send more troops to Afghanistan is positive news.
Obama’s Bad War
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner The president said some good things, but unfortunately, his long academic lecture on the nature of war itself had all the characteristics of what we have come to accept from an Obama sermon:
One-Eighth of Americans on ‘Nutritional Aid’
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Concerning the news that there is no longer any stigma attached to food stamps, and that one in eight Americans is on the “nutritional aid” program: One would think that if real need explained increased usage, “Black Friday” would have been a bust.
Glenn Beck, Where Art Thou?
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Rarely has a single scandal summed up nearly all the current pathologies of the corrupt Washington scene, combining insider bailouts, revolving-door influence peddling, racial-identity politics, subsidies for failing institutions that have a proven record of partisan Democratic politics, and Democratic efforts to reward wealthy friends under the guise of […]
Riding the Back of the Tiger
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media …is what America has done since 1941. Obama wants to get off. Fine. Many of our countrymen are tired of the ride.
Voting Present on Iran
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Iran just announced a radical expansion of its uranium-enrichment facilities. The news followed the recent disclosure of the country’s previously secret nuclear facility near the city of Qom — and came just two days after the International Atomic Energy Agency’s censure of Iran for its failure to halt […]
Our Present Anxieties
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media These Guys Are Really Sensitive, Aren’t They? I thought that former Vice President Al Gore’s vein-bulging attacks on Bush & Co. marked a new “no rules in the arena” era of politics.
Change We Can Believe In
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media So, fellow critics of Obama, what would we do instead? It is easy to harp, as Obama did in 2007-8, but hard to govern, as Obama learned in 2009. So for all the criticism, let us put up some sample proposals of our own.
Resetting the Reset Button
As promised, Obama has set our diplomacy on a new track. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online After ten months of “Bush did it” diplomacy, the Obama administration needs to reset its reset button.
Dean Obama
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner That was such a strange speech. Deploring partisanship while serially trashing Bush at each new talking point.
We Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services When it comes to the problems facing this country, an old slogan comes to mind: “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet.”
Candid Camera Moments
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner There are a number of isolated incidents that, in the great scheme of things, should be seen as rather trivial. But they are gaining symbolic importance, which is working against President Obama.
Bowing, Dithering and Trashing America
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner When Reality Catches up to Rhetoric The growing problem for the Obama administration is that the public has finally caught on that the president’s tough rhetoric and soaring oratory don’t match reality.