Explaining the Inexplicable
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Almost daily we witness things that make no sense. A few examples, from the profound to the trivial. Share This
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Beautifully Medieval California
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Gates Close at Dusk At about dusk, I close two large metal gates to my driveways. The security lights come on, and I enjoy intramural life. Share This
Incoherent Immigration Reform
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Nothing about illegal immigration quite adds up. Share This
Bankrupt California
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online I thought of my fellow Californian Energy Secretary Steven Chu last week, when I paid $4.89 a gallon in Gilroy for regular gas — and had to wait in line to get it. The customers were in near revolt, but I wondered against what and whom. I mentioned to
Graffiti on Trees, High-Speed Rail to Nowhere: The Wages of Liberalism
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Last week, while reading about an insolvent California’s insistence on going ahead with the first leg of a proposed high-speed rail line (total cost of the system: an estimated $100-$300 billion), I heard the following story on a local ABC news affiliate about a nearby low-Sierra lake: Share This
California: The Road Warrior Is Here
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Where’s Mel Gibson When You Need Him? George Miller’s 1981 post-apocalyptic film The Road Warrior [1] envisioned an impoverished world of the future. Tribal groups fought over what remained of a destroyed Western world of law, technology, and mass production. Survival went to the fittest — or at least those who
Mexican Jihad
by Raymond Ibrahim Gatestone Institute As the United States considers the Islamic jihadi threats confronting it from all sides, it would do well to focus on its southern neighbor, Mexico, which has been targeted by Islamists and jihadists, who, through a number of tactics — from engaging in da’wa, converting Mexicans to Islam, to smuggling and
All Fall Down
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media The temple of postmodern liberalism was rocked these last few weeks, as a number of supporting columns and buttresses simply crashed, leaving the entire edifice wobbling. Share This
Please, A Little Honesty about Illegal Immigration
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services President Barack Obama recently assured El Salvador that the United States would not deport the more than 200,000 Salvadorans residing illegally in the United States. Share This
Are You ‘Them!’?
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Until the appearance of Barack Obama on the national scene, I knew of “them” only from an old sci-fi movie in which huge ants (“Them!”) ate people. Share This