August 2009

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services In George Orwell’s allegorical novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the picture of “Big Brother” appears constantly in the adoring media. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Presidential Popularity After just eight months, the President is at a 50/50 cross-roads in the polls. The once hope-and-change exuberance has dissipated. Such unpopularity is hardly new; what is novel is the rapidity in which a 70%+ approval rating has plummeted to 50%. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Why Are People in Revolt? The approval ratings on nearly every one of the President’s key policy initiatives — cap-and-trade, healthcare overhaul, government takeover of industry and finance, deficit spending, stimulus — are already less than half of polled voters. Share This

Another rational liberal can’t think straight. by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine The New York Times’ resident voodoo statistician, Charles Blow, is at it again, using “scientific” polling data as an excuse to indulge ideological prejudice. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Rhodes Millions of Euros have transformed Rhodes into a sort of Frankish and Venetian Disneyland. The medieval city has been completely rebuilt, or almost rebuilt — turrets, walls, streets, arches, courtyards — into a fascinating citadel as it might have appeared around 1500 or so. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Why does President Obama want to implement radical changes in American foreign policy, environmental policy, education, health care, and the tax code all at once? Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media The Piper Must Be Paid I think the natural tendency of the U.S. economy to rebound from recession, coupled with the enormous inflationary forces of borrowing another $2 trillion, will result in some sort of a brief economic recovery. Share This