July 2009

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services When Michael Jackson tragically died two weeks ago, millions were shocked. Share This

Americans are catching on to Obama’s fiscal sins and rhetorical devices. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Recent news that President Obama’s approval ratings are beginning to slip is understandable. Even popular leaders lose appeal once they have to govern, and therefore offend, rather than merely promise and please. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Stimulus, Stimulus and Not a Drop… A “stimulus” of nearly a trillion dollars was proposed, without which we were told, unemployment would skyrocket and credit would tighten further. Share This

How to win liberal friends and oppress your people. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online How strange that our rather nondescript, sober friends abroad do not garner attention from the current administration, yet overt enemies in Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Venezuela, and the West Bank most certainly do. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Only Room for One Obama? I got a lot of flak the last year for writing two or three columns suggesting the Europeans and other Leftists abroad might be careful about what they wish for in Obama: he might well leap-frog over them, leaving them all with the world

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media They Say/We Say The debate over Palin is sort of ossified. The Left continues to ridicule her accent, family, and middling roots. The Right enjoys such authenticity — but enjoys even more the hysteria it incurs in liberals. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Last month, hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets to protest a rigged presidential election. Our president was extremely cautious in his initial criticism of the Iranian government’s fierce crackdown against the protestors. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner The Cap-and-Trade Stampede It was somewhere around 3-4 years ago that “global warming” suddenly morphed into “climate change” in vernacular speech. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner I don’t think it has occurred to the divine ones that the administration now is at odds with the sort of ideology and attitudes Obama himself espoused on the campaign trail. Share This

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Such a Prudishly Crass Society I was watching cable television about 5 PM on a Friday night, channel surfing between commercials on the Western station. Share This