Big Government Medicine
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Big new taxes. Big new spending. Big new government. This seems to be the proposed cure for the Wall Street-inspired recession. Share This
Obama’s Puzzling Approach to the Muslim World
by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media President Barack Obama and I have one thing in common shared by few Americans: we were brought up by at least one parent — biological or step is irrelevant — who was born and raised in an Islamic milieu. Intimately aware of the inevitable effects of this, I must question
What Was That ‘Stupidity’ All About?
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner The Gates incident seems to have had little to do with race but a lot to do with the natural human misunderstandings that happen every day in police scenes — and its final twist has everything to do with insider privilege and aristocratic disdain. Share This
Obama’s Path Not Taken
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media What Might Have Happened Remember Obama’s initial signature speech (e.g., “there is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America”), and all the subsequent conciliatory talk of no blue state, no red state America? Share This
Presidents Aren’t What They Used to Be
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services From 1933 to 1960, America had nearly three decades of fairly successful presidencies — through the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, and the threat of nuclear Armageddon. Share This
The Psychology of Debt: Obama’s Rendezvous with Political Reality
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Debt Matters Over the last two decades it became an article of popular faith that budget deficits did not matter that much. Share This
Continuity: St. Francis of Assisi, Fr. Zakaria Botros, and Islam
by Raymond Ibrahim Jihad Watch While not formally connected, two books I recently finished reading — St. Francis of Assisi and the Conversion of Muslims and Defying Death: Zakaria Botross, Apostle to Islam — complement each other very well, specifically by establishing continuity between medieval and modern Islam, and, in so doing, demonstrating that Islamic intolerance has a long
On Shearing Sheep
Obama’s economic plans are relentlessly hostile to small business. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online You don’t produce wool by skinning the sheep. But that seems to be the present strategy to get small businesses to begin hiring, buying, and expanding. Share This
War and Taxes
Two strikes against the new administration by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Look Back in Anger at Iraq It is striking how Obama references past mistakes on Afghanistan and emphasizes the now-tired “reset”-button themes — striking because of what is left unsaid. Share This
Who Was Michael Jackson?
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services When Michael Jackson tragically died two weeks ago, millions were shocked. Share This