January 2009

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

by Victor Davis Hanson World Affairs Most Americans in 2003 thought that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were complementary theaters in the wider war on radical Islamic terrorism and the authoritarian Middle East regimes that aided and abetted it. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media President Barack Obama is being praised for choosing an Arabic TV network for his first formal television interview: the Dubai-based, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel. I think we can all appreciate the thinking behind such bold outreach, given that the media at home has chortled to the world that our …

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President Obama Asked for Them by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services For nearly three months since the election, we have been warned by President Obama, his staff and the media not to burden him with unreal expectations that no mere mortal could meet. Share This

Absorbing as much of the economy as possible. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Euphemism comes from the Greek word euphemia, which means “using the good word”—usually in place of the accurate bad one. Recently we’ve become experts at it. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Yesterday.. All Americans must appreciate the outpouring of good will, unity, and hope for a successful Obama administration. But I had a certain feeling of uncertainty yesterday at the coverage of the festivities. Share This

American is a safer place thanks to his administration. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online A disinterested appraisal of Bush administration foreign policy will take years. For millions on the Left, events in Iraq, Guantánamo, and New Orleans rendered the 43rd president an ill-omened phantasma — omnipotent, ubiquitous, and responsible for all mischief big and …

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by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Presidential oddities Obama has been very good in lowering expectations by reminding us 24/7 that there are no easy solutions to the present fiscal meltdown. True enough. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services There is great hope that President-elect Obama will change the course of U.S. foreign policy, create far greater goodwill toward America, and thereby ease world tensions. Such optimism is not based on former Sen. Obama’s foreign-policy experience. In essence, he has none. Share This