by Victor Davis Hanson
Defining Ideas
President Barack Obama is more exasperated than ever as polls dip, critics multiply, and none of his massive borrowing seems to jump start a stalled economy. Continue reading “Obama Verses Obama”
Tag: Debt
Spare Us the Sermons, Mr. President
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
During the recent debt crisis, President Obama talked about the need for bipartisan compromise and, as in the past, urged civility. Continue reading “Spare Us the Sermons, Mr. President”
The Inexplicables
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
There are a number of things I don’t fathom about contemporary American popular culture and politics. Here is a small sample. Continue reading “The Inexplicables”
The Tragic View Returns
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
In hard times, as in war, questions arise that were once considered taboo. As we approach $15 trillion run up in aggregate national debt, and confront the reality of a welfare state that is predicated on flawed assumptions about everything from demography to human nature, a rendezvous with brutal reality is now upon us. Continue reading “The Tragic View Returns”
The Global Fairness Madness
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Whether in the fights over the US debt limit or the rioting in Athens, the common global theme is not poverty in absolute terms, but more often fairness — as in having about the same amount of things as others do. Continue reading “The Global Fairness Madness”
St. Obama and the Debt Dragon
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
“Reckless Fiscal Policies”
Why did Obama only enumerate George W. Bush’s big spending as responsible for the out-of-control $14 trillion-plus debt, while not mentioning his own contribution of $5 trillion? Continue reading “St. Obama and the Debt Dragon”
The Department of Food Subsidies
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The Department of Agriculture no longer serves as a lifeline to millions of struggling homestead farmers. Continue reading “The Department of Food Subsidies”
Reelecting Obama
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
We are beginning to see the contours of the upcoming 2012 reelection campaign of Barack Obama. Whether always officially sanctioned or not, Obama’s campaign will focus on three general themes: a) the 2008 meltdown of the economy on Bush’s watch; b) conservative heartlessness in gutting cherished entitlement programs; and c) racial bias behind any criticism of Barack Obama. Continue reading “Reelecting Obama”
An American Versailles
The liberal message ia all style and impotence.
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Editor’s Note: What follows is a collection of recent Corners from VDH.
The Shape of 2012 to Come
The outburst from Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the so-called Shanghai Cooperation Organization should close the chapter on the much bandied about “outreach” to Iran voiced by candidate Obama in 2008. Continue reading “An American Versailles”
OK, Let’s Decline
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
“Leading From Behind”
A recent report in The New Yorker suggested that the Obama’s administration’s weird sort of/sort of not foreign policy is now gleefully self-described as “leading from behind.” Continue reading “OK, Let’s Decline”