The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly–Part One

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media In the spirit of optimism, let’s review some good, some bad, and some downright ugly things about this present age. I’ll give three examples of each. For today, here’s the “bad.” Later this week, I’ll post the “ugly,” and then on the weekend the “good.” Share This

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Dr. Obama: First, Do No Harm

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services When it comes to our complex economy, President Barack Obama would do well to heed the physician’s ancient commandment to first “do no harm.” Share This

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Thoughts About Depressed Americans

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Why are so many Americans so depressed about things these days? It is perhaps not just the economy. Share This

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The “Depression” for Us Idiots

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media I confess I don’t know all that much about the theory of economics, and have done some unwise things in the strict financial sense the last thirty years — remodeled an ancient family farm house that will never be appraised at what was sunk into it, both farmed and rented

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Can’t We All Agree?

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media What hope and change would all of us, conservatives and liberals alike, welcome from President Obama? Here are some suggestions, surreal and serious, trivial and quite important. Share This

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Bush Did It

What a difference an election makes. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online President Bush was ridiculed today by critics of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility when he suggested that his administration no longer was incarcerating “unlawful combatants,” but was instead in the process of renaming them as mere “detainees.” Share This

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Now Obama Tells Us?

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Imagine that last fall before being elected, Barack Obama had outlined the positions he has embraced since being inaugurated as president. An honest campaign speech could have gone something like this: Share This

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Oh, the Debt We Will See!

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Going broke without style… $3.6 trillion budget. $1.7 trillion annual deficit. $800 billion plus borrowing stimulus. $600 billion plus in outlays for new nationalized health care, and then another $600 billion again for cap-and-trade.  Share This

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