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by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner All these highbrow conservative attacks on Limbaugh keep missing the point. Share This

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The Triumph of Banality

Obama didn’t inven dishonesty in political discourse–but he has a talent for it. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online One of the most tired rhetorical tropes in Washington starts with, “We must . . . ” In the age of Obama, this is now usually followed by “Get the cost of our health care

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A Funny Sort of Depression

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Are we headed to something like the Great Depression? Share This

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Enough Already

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Many have weighed in on Eric Holder’s “cowards” slur. Share This

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A Year Like None Other

It usually takes decades to fit in all the tragicomedy of 2008. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The three great stories of 2008 were the financial meltdown, the turn-about in Iraq, and the Chicago Way. Share This

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Perverse Thoughts about this Perverse Recession

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media I do not understand at all this going into debt for almost another trillion dollars, and then immediately promising to balance the budget soon (like blowing off your foot near an emergency room), or how “stimulate” differs from “borrow,” or why the more noble victim is the one who sought

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Some Reflections in the Times of Hysteria

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Imagine… Had anyone said a few months ago that the federal government would step in to provide a trillion dollars to subsidize gasoline — to bring it down to $1.85 a gallon nationwide from prices that were exceeding $4 a gallon — we would have had a national debate.

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War and Peace–and Deceit–in Islam

by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media Editor’s note: Substantial portions of the following essay made up part of Mr. Ibrahim’s written testimony that was presented to Congress on February 12, 2009 Today, in a time of wars and rumors of wars emanating from the Islamic world — from the current conflict in Gaza, to the saber-rattling

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An ‘Impulsive’ America?

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services President Barack Obama’s first TV interview was with the Dubai-based, partly Saudi-funded Al Arabiya satellite channel. Share This

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Our Battered American

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media I am meeting a few battered Americans these days. There are not many left, but those that are seem to sound alike. Yes, I think I am beginning to understand Mr. Battered American, and he sounds tired and a bit like this. Share This

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