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”).
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”), […]
A PR Nightmare for the Obamas
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner One can understand an American president’s lobbying for an American city to obtain the Olympics, but the blitz by the Obamas proved a PR nightmare. Let us count the ways:
Bitter Harvests to Come
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Reflections on the Speech to Congress If one were to sum up the Obama speech to the joint session of Congress, it is the same old, same old formula: “I am a uniquely post-American fresh start; the era of Bush and our dreadful past is over; and because this […]
Some Signs of the Times
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media How to distill the news? After watching it far too much the past nine months, I offer five random conclusions from what I think is going on in the age of Obama.
The Past Is Not Quite Past
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media War II Thoughts We can learn a lot about our present dilemmas through looking at the past. This month I’m teaching an intensive class on World War II, and again reminded how history is never really history.
A Fishy Tale
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services California is in an uproar over water. Nearly a quarter-million acres worth of contracted federal irrigation deliveries have been cut from the big farms of the west side of the San Joaquin Valley in central California.
Sleeping Through Speeches
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media The World’s President The President’s U.N.* talk was more of the same, same old formula: Me, me, me/then Bush blew it/then I came/and, presto, the waters parted.
Barack Obama, College Administrator
Is the commander-in-chief really president of the University of America? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online If you are confused by the first nine months of the Obama administration, take solace that there is at least a pattern.
A Devolving, Depressing, and Debased Debate
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Policies No, Obama Maybe… Barack Obama is charismatic. He can charm, and has mastered the art of set cadence, pause, articulation, and voice modulation, in the manner of a JFK.
No Rules in the Arena?
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services It was certainly uncouth of Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., to scream out “You lie” at his commander-in-chief in the middle of Barack Obama’s recent healthcare speech before a joint session of Congress.
Deconstructing the “Whup Ass”
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media New Communique from the Ministry of Truth At one point, the Obama administration was bragging about bagging one Van Jones; Valerie Jarrett, in fact, even gushed that they had been scouting the erstwhile mostly unknown Jones for quite a while.
Desperately Seeking a Healthcare Bill
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Speeding Over the Cliff It is quite amazing to watch Obama invoke God, call a joint session of Congress, go tit-for-tat with the town-hall movement, and reprogram daily the presidential message over the healthcare initiative — all in the midst of a recession.
Dr. Barak and Mr. Obama
Voters learn that Obama is not the man they thought. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online No one imagined that Barack Obama, during his first nine months in office, would be falling in the polls even faster than George W. Bush did prior to 9/11.
The Rise of the Uncouth
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media American Stasis The historian Thucydides warned about the escalating violent language and behavior that we are witnessing. More on that later.
Now Wait Just One Minute…
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Maureen Dowd wrote another unfortunate, poorly argued, and thinly researched column yesterday. She alleges that racism is behind the growing suspicion of the Obama administration and its initiatives.
The Left, Too Left
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Ayersism As Hugo Chavez continues to shut down the media and silence critics, Oliver Stone — who would never be allowed, if he were a Venezuelan filmmaker, to direct as he does in the states — praises Chavez’s coerced socialism.
Why Obama Blinked
by Jamie Glazov FrontPage Magazine Frontpage Interview’s guest Victor Davis Hanson sheds light on the unfolding drama of a president whose unpopular proposals threaten to ruin his popularity.
When Will Westerners Stop Westernizing Islamic Concepts?
by Raymond Ibrahim Middle East Forum Recently, Cathy Lynn Grossman of USA Today wrote an article about Muslim zakat, wherein I was referenced as a “critic of Islam.” She then followed up with another article titled “Critic questions the aims and ends of Islamic charity,” dedicated to examining my views on zakat.
Rep. Charles Rangel–Sign of the Times
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, is becoming a metaphor for almost all the sins of our age.