by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Same Old, Same Old…
Last week was another somewhat depressing chapter in a now long saga of living where I was born. I returned to the farm from leading a European military history tour, and experienced the following — mind you, after a number of thefts the month prior (barn, shop, etc.): Continue reading “The Metaphysics of Contemporary Theft”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Democrats in Congress recently went all-out to try to pass the Dream Act, an amnesty for illegal-alien students willing to enroll — and stay — in college. Most of those who opposed it were derided as heartless at best, racist at worse. Continue reading “The Factory of Selective Moral Outrage”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Anyone who has lived in Greece can see why the question of default or a “haircut” is not a matter of if, but when. Continue reading “Thoughts on the Greek Madness”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
The CSU system — California’s multi-campus university system, and indeed the largest in the world — is once again faced with a $1 billion annual funding shortfall, and might have to raise tuition by 30 percent. Continue reading “Now That’s a Higher Education Bubble”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
When the Law Does Not Pay
I do not think in California there is much law these days. We are regressing to the days of my grandfather’s stories who used to relate to me a wild Central Valley circa 1900 when the sheriff was a day away. Continue reading “Land of the Lawless”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
I was given a great gift — but see below — to travel throughout California the last week, by land and by air over the state. It was hard to determine whether the natural beauty of the landscape or the ingenuity of our ancestors was the more impressive. Continue reading “Where Dreams Die”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
2011, not 1970?
We have had about a half-century of racial preferences and often unspoken but real quotas for hiring and admission based on racial identity. Continue reading “The End of an Idea: Why Affirmative Action Should Stop”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Here in Fresno County, in the heart of California’s San Joaquin Valley, the official unemployment rate in February to March ranged between 18.1 and 18.8 percent. Continue reading “Thoughts on a Surreal Depression”
by Bruce S. Thornton
City Journal
“We offer unlimited opportunities to help students achieve their goals,”declares the California State University system on its homepage. Continue reading “Mission Lost”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Lost in the furor over the budget is any discussion of the fact that, after a certain baseline point, redistributive payouts might be making things worse for those on the receiving end. Continue reading “Failure Is Very Much and Option”