by Victor Davis Hanson
Defining Ideas
Germany’s financial dominance may be worrisome, but is it a threat to European peace? Continue reading “Why NATO Still Matters”
Tag: Barack Obama
The Trayvon Martin Case and the Growing Racial Divide
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Two Racial Narratives — and the Current Hysteria
Polls show that the Trayvon Martin case has split the country apart over perceptions of race and justice, in ways that may dwarf the polarities of the O.J. Simpson trial days of 1994. Continue reading “The Trayvon Martin Case and the Growing Racial Divide”
Campaigning on Grievances
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
In 2008, a mostly unknown Barack Obama ran for president on an inclusive agenda of “hope and change.” That upbeat message was supposed to translate into millions of green jobs, fiscal sobriety, universal healthcare, a resetting of Bush foreign policy, and racial unity. Continue reading “Campaigning on Grievances”
Strangers in a Stranger Land
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Trostky-ization
In ancient Rome, when the emperor or an especially distasteful elite died, his image on stone and in bronze was removed. And by decree there arose adamnatio memoriae, a holistic effort to erase away his entire prior existence. Continue reading “Strangers in a Stranger Land”
Class Warfare the Last Refuge of a Failed Presidency
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Media
Now that Mitt Romney will be Obama’s opponent in November, the Democrats are rolling out the false narrative they will use to demonize Romney and obscure four years of failed economic policies that have created the worst recovery from a recession since the Great Depression. Continue reading “Class Warfare the Last Refuge of a Failed Presidency”
Obama Off the Cuff
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Conservatives caricature 24/7 Barack Obama’s reliance on the teleprompter. True, his speeches are scripted; but we forget why so: He is very good at reading a prepared script as if he were talking off the top of his head, and he is very bad at actually talking off the top of his head. Continue reading “Obama Off the Cuff”
Freedom or Fairness in 2012?
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
This should prove to be an ideological election about the economy. Not all campaigns are so clear-cut. Sometimes moderate Republicans raise taxes (as George H. W. Bush did); at other times, pragmatic Democrats cut spending (as Bill Clinton did). Continue reading “Freedom or Fairness in 2012?”
Beware of the Mob
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Our Modern Lynch Mob
Democracies are in general prone to fits of the mob. Just read the Thucydidean account of the debate of Mytilene. Continue reading “Beware of the Mob”
Obama a Creature of the Corrupt University
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
The November presidential election was the favorite topic at the Freedom Center’s West Coast Retreat last weekend. Amidst the prognostications and arguments about which Republican would or should get the nomination Continue reading “Obama a Creature of the Corrupt University”
Iran’s Win, Win, Win Bomb
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Iran, if not stopped, will join the nuclear club, probably within two or three years. It may be stupid to try to preempt Iran; it may be even stupider not to try. Continue reading “Iran’s Win, Win, Win Bomb”