by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Look Back in Anger at Iraq
It is striking how Obama references past mistakes on Afghanistan and emphasizes the now-tired “reset”-button themes — striking because of what is left unsaid. Continue reading “War and Taxes”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
When Michael Jackson tragically died two weeks ago, millions were shocked. Continue reading “Who Was Michael Jackson?”
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. Continue reading “Growing Worries about Our Pied Piper”
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. Continue reading “The War Against the Producers”
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. Continue reading “A Thug’s Primer”
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 they used to fantasize about, while in reality they profited from the world they demonized. Continue reading “Our Chrysalis Stage”
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. Continue reading “What Is Wisdom?: Sarah Palin and Her Critics”
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. Continue reading “Missing Our Moment in Iran”
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. Continue reading “Sur-realpolitik”
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. Continue reading “Obama II vs. Obama I”