December 2009

Obama and the Malleability of History

In pursuit of nobel goals, Obama ignobly twists the truth. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online President Obama has given a number of major speeches touching on world affairs since he announced his bid for the presidency. All have invoked historical examples — usually for moral purposes, but often at the expense of both …

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Is American a Deer in the Headlights?

No one quite knows what is going on. by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Inflation? Interest rates are at rock-bottom levels. But banks are reluctant to lend — both afraid of shaky borrowers and loathe to get tied down with low-interest obligations if inflation roars back. Share This

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Has War Really Changed?

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Has war been reinvented in Iraq and Afghanistan? Share This

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Obama’s Wheel of Fortune

Has the president noticed his luck has changed? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online No one in the Obama throng has ever believed much in the Roman concept of a “wheel of fortune” — rota fortunae — so often alluded to by the likes of Cicero and Boethius.  Share This

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Obama’s Bad War

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner The president said some good things, but unfortunately, his long academic lecture on the nature of war itself had all the characteristics of what we have come to accept from an Obama sermon: Share This

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One-Eighth of Americans on ‘Nutritional Aid’

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Concerning the news that there is no longer any stigma attached to food stamps, and that one in eight Americans is on the “nutritional aid” program: One would think that if real need explained increased usage, “Black Friday” would have been a bust. Share This

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Glenn Beck, Where Art Thou?

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Rarely has a single scandal summed up nearly all the current pathologies of the corrupt Washington scene, combining insider bailouts, revolving-door influence peddling, racial-identity politics, subsidies for failing institutions that have a proven record of partisan Democratic politics, and Democratic efforts to reward wealthy friends under the guise of …

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Riding the Back of the Tiger

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media …is what America has done since 1941. Obama wants to get off. Fine. Many of our countrymen are tired of the ride. Share This

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Voting Present on Iran

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Iran just announced a radical expansion of its uranium-enrichment facilities. The news followed the recent disclosure of the country’s previously secret nuclear facility near the city of Qom — and came just two days after the International Atomic Energy Agency’s censure of Iran for its failure to halt …

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