by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Were We Podded in Our Sleep?
I think I went to sleep about a year ago, just woke up, and realized that either I or the world has been changed, snatched as it were. [1] Continue reading “We Are All Pods Now”
Israel: One of Many
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Some strong supporters of both Obama and Israel are disappointed in the latest hysterical Biden-Clinton-Obama smack-down over the settlement issue. But why, I don’t know — this is a logical, not an aberrant, development from President Obama. Continue reading “Israel: One of Many”
Chicago Does Socialism
Connect the dots of Obama’s first year–an ugly picture emerges.
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
We can have a rational debate on any one item on President Obama’s vast progressive agenda, arguing whether adjectives like “statist” or “socialist” fairly describe his legislative intent. But connect all the dots and lines of the past year, and an unambiguous image starts to materialize. Continue reading “Chicago Does Socialism”
Is It Go Easy or Go for Broke, Mr. President?
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
After the bloodletting over the healthcare bill, President Obama is now at a crossroads. Continue reading “Is It Go Easy or Go for Broke, Mr. President?”
As Predictable As the Sun Rising
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Giddy About Remaking America
If we assume that Obama & Co. wish to radically remake the United States — along the lines of a European socialist society, or perhaps to the left even of a Belgium or Denmark — then the past 14 months were as predictable as the sun rising. Continue reading “As Predictable As the Sun Rising”
Let the Games Begin?
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
I don’t follow the Democratic thinking. Their president polls below 50 percent. The Democratically-controlled Congress polls less than 20 percent. Healthcare reform polls at about 45 percent support. Continue reading “Let the Games Begin?”
Another Partisan Push for Another ‘Comprehensive Reform’?
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Candidate Barack Obama promised immigration activists, “I think it’s time for a president who won’t walk away from something as important as comprehensive reform when it becomes politically unpopular.” Continue reading “Another Partisan Push for Another ‘Comprehensive Reform’?”
We’ve Crossed the Rubicon
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
President Obama has crossed the Rubicon with the healthcare vote. The bill was not really about medicine; after all, a moderately priced, relatively small federal program could offer the poorer not now insured, presently not on Medicare or state programs like Medicaid or Medical, a basic medical plan. Continue reading “We’ve Crossed the Rubicon”
Issues of the Day
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
A Pyrrhic Passage?
At an outdoor rally today, the president described the healthcare debate as a referendum on the “character” of the country, and I do believe he was correct. Continue reading “Issues of the Day”
Reflections on the Revolution in America
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
America’s Extreme Make-over
These are exciting though scary revolutionary times, akin to the constant acrimony in the fourth-century BC polis, mid-nineteenth century revolutionary Europe, or — perhaps in a geriatric replay — the 1960s. Continue reading “Reflections on the Revolution in America”