by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services For the last two years, $250,000 in annual income has been an arbitrary line in the sand of a renewed class war. Those above it must have their income taxes raised. Those below it are deemed more virtuous and so deserving of a tax cut. Share This
by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media In 2006, when Pope Benedict quoted history deemed unflattering to Islam, Christians around the Muslim world paid the price: anti-Christian riots ensued, churches were burned, and a nun was murdered in Somalia. Share This
by Bruce S. Thornton RightNetwork.com We moderns have managed to combine an incredible mastery of technical knowledge and information with an astonishing ignorance of the traditional wisdom once possessed by an illiterate village elder, and evident for all to see on every page of history. Share This
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
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
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
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
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
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