Fort Hood
A now familiar horror story. by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media News accounts are spotty; emotions run high; reliable information is rare; rumor abounds. Nevertheless, what are we to make of Maj.
Afghanistan and the Trojan War
by Herbert Jordan Private Papers For perspective on the war in Afghanistan, President Obama ought to take a look through the lens of the oldest geopolitical conflict in the history of Western civilization, in which Greek warriors crossed the Aegean Sea to Asia Minor, besieged the citadel of Troy, and ultimately prevailed after ten gruelling […]
A Very Interesting Next Three Years
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Up Is Now Down, Down Up If one were to collate the public statements and actions of many in the Obama administration, one would conclude that the most conciliatory past language masks the most divisive, polarizing administration in recent history — a fact born out by most polls.
Voting Present on Illegal Immigration
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Immigration activists and Hispanic groups are demanding that President Obama deliver on his promised comprehensive package of immigration reform.
Truman and the Principles of U.S. Foreign Policy
by Victor Davis Hanson Wall Street Journal Jimmy Carter rejected the postwar consensus. President Obama appears to be following a similar path.
All Falling Down…
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Money Obama’s mega-borrowing is predicated on a rather thin margin of safety. We can service nearly $2 trillion in additional debt this year — on top of the existing $11 trillion — only because interest rates are so low.
Guantanamo Laureate
Obama threw many stones at Bush, and now lives in a glass house. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Over the last decade Barack Obama — in campaign mode for various state and federal offices — repeatedly denounced the Bush-era security protocols as either unlawful or of little utility.
Presidential Purpose?
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Whom is Barack Obama Afraid of? — Another Barack Obama One of the reasons why President Obama may be hesitating to commit fully to a renewed Afghan front is that he is worried that political opportunists might seek to gain advantage by loud rhetoric that unfairly simplifies the bad […]
Obamanoia
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Little Hope, Less Change Consider: The 120,000 troops in “the surge is not working” Iraq are now complaining of ennui — while the White House is paralyzed over whether to send more troops to the new escalating front in Afghanistan.
America’s Obama Obsession
Anatomy of a passing hysteria. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online For 30 months the nation has been in the grip of a certain Obama obsession, immune to countervailing facts, unwilling to face reality, and loath to break the spell.
The Kitty-Cat Who Roared
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services President Obama keeps roaring out deadlines like a lion — only later to meow like a little kitty.
Now We Know Why He Passed on the Dalai Lama
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner I am not a big fan of saying that officials should resign for stupid remarks. But interim White House communications director Anita Dunn’s praise of Mao Zedong as a “political philosopher” is so unhinged and morally repugnant, that she should hang it up, pronto.
Narcissus-in-Chief
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner While our Narcissus-in-Chief is frozen gazing at his perfect image in his private pool, choices have to be made in Afghanistan. Consider the following:
Funny Money
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Obama recently promised $250 to seniors (who got no cost-of-living increases in Social Security because there had not been sufficient official inflationary pressures to merit them), and a good-paying job to every American who needs one.
Obama’s Theorems
The people don’t believe any more. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Part of the problem with the president’s agenda is that it is predicated on a number of radical ideas that are asserted, rather than proven.
Just Not Into You: A Letter to Europe
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Norway stunned the world by awarding the coveted Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama, who was nominated for the honor after being in office less than two weeks.
Confessions of a Cultural Drop-out
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media I have some confessions to make, not because any of you readers are particularly interested in my views; but rather because I think some of you are in the same boat: Have you stopped reading, listening, watching, and paying attention to most of what now passes for establishment public or […]
Confusions of the Age
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media I get confused by the news quite often. Here are five anomalies that make no real sense.
An Open Question to Osama Bin Laden–or Any Other Islamist
by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media Ever since 9/11, when Osama bin Laden was thrust into the spotlight, he has made it a point to occasionally submit questions to Americans — questions which he apparently thinks are unanswerable.
Obama, the Prize and Political Theater
by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine Giving Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, after a mere nine months in office and no foreign policy achievements whatsoever, confirms that the prize is a bit of political theater in which those Americans who put the world’s interests ahead of their own country’s will play the starring role.