Why All the Wounded Fawns?

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Why are charges of racism and political extremism suddenly in the air? Share This

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Thoughts on Allies Gone By

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Whatever the protestations of the Obama administration, many in both Britain and Israel feel that 2009-10 marked a watershed, the beginning of an era in which America was no longer a special friend to either — whether gauged by serial symbolic snubs or real policy differences on things like

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Obama’s Khrushchev? How Sick is That?

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Roger Cohen wrote in the New York Times of Obama’s putdown of Netanyahu: “The former Soviet leader [Khrushchev] thought he could browbeat Kennedy only to discover, in Vienna, that the Kennedy charm was not unalloyed to steel (‘It will be a long, cold winter’). Netanyahu was the first foreign leader to

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The War on Terror–Bush Without the Stetson

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner There is much to criticize about President Obama on foreign policy, but increasingly, despite all the “reset button” rhetoric and the obligatory nods to the Left, his anti-terrorism policies are becoming near identical extensions (if in cynical fashion) of George Bush’s.  Share This

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A Tour Through Recession America

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media The last seven days I tried to jot down what I saw in some slices of America in recession — and much of its seems at odds with our general government narrative. Share This

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Damn the Evidence, Full Speed Ahead?

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner The strangest thing about Obama’s gargantuan, trillion-dollar-plus new healthcare entitlement is the timing. Share This

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The Ongoing Melodrama of Victims and Oppressors

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services President Obama, in the tradition of progressive Democratic leaders, believes government should ask the more economically fortunate citizens to be responsible for helping the less well off. Share This

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Is There a Rhyme or Reason to U.S. Foreign Policy?

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner During the 2008 campaign, the Obama group argued that Bush & Co. were insensitive to allies and had acted in clumsy, unilateral fashion, permanently damaging our stature in the world. Share This

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Our American Catharsis

Will Obama-time be a transitory experience or an enduring tragedy? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online For years conservatives have railed about the creeping welfare state. They have tried to tag liberals with being soft on national security, both for courting those who faulted America and for faulting others who courted it. Share This

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The End of Trust

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Greek Bonds, Anyone? The world is getting a little edgy when very few investors are willing to buy Greek bonds — given what they know about Greek politics and productivity. Share This

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