The George W. Bush Fixation

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Barack Obama remains fixated by George W. Bush. For nearly two years, President Obama and his team have prefaced their explanations for the tough economy, tough finances and tough situation abroad with a “Bush did it” chorus. Continue reading “The George W. Bush Fixation”

All the New That Is Unfit to Print

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

When News is No News

Here are a few important developments that remain strangely ignored. I say strangely, but most readers understand why some news becomes news and some does not. Continue reading “All the New That Is Unfit to Print”

Muslims Project Islam’s Worst Traits

Israel and the Jews routinely attack in their press.

by Raymond Ibrahim

Hudson New York Times

Sometime back, I noted that Muslims have been projecting the worst aspects of Islam(ism) onto the Copts, Egypt’s Christian minority. Continue reading “Muslims Project Islam’s Worst Traits”

California’s Assorted Rocks and Hard Places

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

News came out on Thursday that the California budget deficit is actually closer to $25 billion, twice what we are told. Continue reading “California’s Assorted Rocks and Hard Places”

Voting Present Beats Losing

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Obamism was repudiated in the midterm election. Not since 1938 has the Democratic party lost so many House seats. Continue reading “Voting Present Beats Losing”

The Politics of Budget-Cutting

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

The voters just spoke. They think they want no more gargantuan deficits, massive public spending and exponential growth in government — or the specter of higher taxes to pay for all of it. Continue reading “The Politics of Budget-Cutting”

The Forgotten Anniversary

Declared in 1979 Iran’s war on the US continues.

by Bruce S. Thornton

RightNetwork.com

Even in years when a national election doesn’t dominate our attention, we seldom think much about an event that happened the first week in November 31 years ago. Continue reading “The Forgotten Anniversary”

Dead Souls

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Millions of us shuffle around, sighing that most of what we hear pounded into our brains is either banal or as untrue as it is dangerous to identify it as such. Continue reading “Dead Souls”

The Obama Fabulists

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

During the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama was billed as a cool rationalist — a sober and judicious intellectual so unlike the inattentive and twangy “smoke ’em out” George W. Bush, so rational in contrast to the herky-jerky and frenetic John McCain. Continue reading “The Obama Fabulists”

Christians Behaving Like Islamists?

Egyptian Islamists project their own means and methods.

by Raymond Ibrahim

Hudson New York

 

The persecution of Egypt’s Coptic minority is taking an ironic, and dangerous, turn: Islamist leaders are now projecting the worst traits of radical Islam onto Egypt’s Christians. Continue reading “Christians Behaving Like Islamists?”