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 […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Beefcake Beheading I have been catching up on the episodes of the new Starz series on Spartacus, the Thracian slave who terrified Rome between 73 to 71 B.C., through a mass servile uprising originating in Capua. Share This