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Victor Davis Hanson The Baby Boomer generation was brought up with the idea of the necessity of college. The idea was that a college degree ensured that you could stay in the middle class and obtain the broad education required by a consensual and self-governed society. But the argument for college is less persuasive now

Victor Davis Hanson Why do the Democrats, both the old and new Jacobins, libel Republican presidents as Hitlers, only to laud them in comparison to contemporary Republican presidents? 1) Every president who holds office and exercises power is slandered by the Left as Hitler, period. The point is to weaken his agenda, drive down his

Victor Davis Hanson There is a well-recognized Left-wing syndrome when it comes to current and emeriti Republican presidents. They despise them and equate them with Hitler. Then, once out of office, they rehabilitate them as sober, judicious, and “good ol’ ” Republicans—in contrast with the current Republican and new replacement “Hitler.” When Ronald Reagan was

Victor Davis Hanson 5) Do ideologues try to destroy the ancient system of governance and create new replacements designed to give them power that they could not otherwise obtain through elections? Determine the following: Which group, party, or cabal is clamoring to make the following radical changes, despite lacking almost no public support for such

Victor Davis Hanson 4) Does the government punish or spy on citizens and journalists as a form of political harassment or in an effort to suppress information in the private sphere on partisan grounds? In 2012, the Obama Attorney General, Eric Holder, ordered taps on 20 phone lines of Associated Press reporters to monitor their

Victor Davis Hanson 3) Does the government pick and choose which laws to enforce in order to punish enemies and reward friends, and advance the political narrative? Do officials lie under oath with impunity? Note further that all three intelligence heads under Barack Obama had lied under oath: CIA Director Brennan did twice to Congress,