Spare Us the Sermons, Mr. President
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services During the recent debt crisis, President Obama talked about the need for bipartisan compromise and, as in the past, urged civility. Share This
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The Inexplicables
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media There are a number of things I don’t fathom about contemporary American popular culture and politics. Here is a small sample. Share This
Is the President in Recovery?
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services President Obama does not care much about deficits — other than worrying that big debt might matter in his re-election campaign. Share This
Behind the DC Slugfest
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner About 50 percent of taxpayers don’t pay federal income taxes. Almost half of American adults receive either the majority of or all of their income in some form from government. Share This
Our Ten-Trillion-Dollar Man
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Borrowing Is No Longer Stimulus? The Congressional Budget Office not long ago forecast that Barack Obama’s $1 trillion-plus annual deficits — scheduled over the next decade — would result in almost another $10 trillion in aggregate debt. Share This
Green, Shovel-Ready Stimulus–100 Years Ago
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Huntington Lake, Calif. — Our politicians love soaring platitudes followed by little, if any, action. Share This
The Great Madness of 2004-10
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media The First Symptoms of Hatred — 2004 to 2008 For about seven years the nation lost its collective mind — and was only partially coming-to in November 2010. Share This
More Mumbais?
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner The synchronized attacks in Mumbai, by their targeting and timing, designed both to do the maximum amount of damage and to be iconic in nature, frame the recent assassination of a Karzai brother, the shake-up in American command, announced pullbacks, quite understandable curtailing of US aid to Pakistan, and
The Global Fairness Madness
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Whether in the fights over the US debt limit or the rioting in Athens, the common global theme is not poverty in absolute terms, but more often fairness — as in having about the same amount of things as others do. Share This
A Dumb and Dumber War in Libya
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Almost daily over the last four months we were told that Muammar Gadhafi was about ready to throw in the towel and give up. Share This