by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
“They” Did It (Again)!
There are no “oil men” in the White House. So the Obamites cannot, as in the past, blame Halliburton, BP, or Exxon for rigging gas prices out of the Oval Office. Continue reading “The Gaseous Policies of Barack Obama”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Defining Ideas
At the turn of the twentieth century, President Theodore Roosevelt became embroiled in a public controversy over how some writers and naturalists described the natural world in overly anthropomorphic and sentimental terms. Continue reading ““Nature Fakery””
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
The bogeyman of the Washington insider is often a target of the Gingrich campaign, but we have as yet no definition. To be an “insider,” should the candidate have served in the federal government for, say, ten years? Continue reading “A Campaign Dictionary”
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
The global warming apocalypse and its Elmer Gantry, Al Gore, may have faded from public view lately, but that old-time green religion is still making mischief. President Obama has just delayed until after November’s election a decision on the Canadian Keystone XL pipeline. Continue reading “How Marxism Killed Keystone”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Occupy Wall Street?
I’ve been following the Wall Street protests, in New York and elsewhere. I read as well of the Democratic Party’s sorta interest in turning the anger of a few into a left-wing Tea-Party-like movement of many. Continue reading “Rage On–and On and On…”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Medieval Liberalism
Recently I saw some TV clips from MSNBC and CNN, one critiquing Herman Cain, the other an interview with Michael Moore. Continue reading “Liberal Indulgences”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Not long ago, candidate Obama promised to cool the planet and lower the rising seas. Continue reading “Global Warming–RIP?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
We are witnessing a widespread crisis of faith in our progressive guardians of the last 30 years. Continue reading “A Tottering Technocracy”
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. Continue reading “The Great Madness of 2004-10”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Editor’s Note: These passages are drawn from recent articles on The Corner.
Mexifornia, Quite Literally!
“I love this country, it has given me everything that I have, and I’m proud to be part of it,” said Victor Sanchez, a 37-year-old Monrovia resident wearing a Mexico jersey. “But yet, I didn’t have a choice to come here, I was born in Mexico, and that is where my heart will always be.” Continue reading “Foreign Thoughts”