by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The 2012 campaign is heating up and we can see the outlines of an impending us/them class war. But in our strange 21st-century world, lots of crazy things blur the president’s 1%/99% divide. Continue reading “Mr. Obama’s 99%: Are We Poor or Just Unequal or Both or Neither?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Rip Van Obama
President Obama went into a deep slumber in December. When he woke up this January, he found himself back even in the polls, with neither a press conference nor another overhyped presidential televised address to be heard. Continue reading “Being There–the Obama Sequel”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
There is a revolution going on in America. But it is not part of the Tea Party or the loud Occupy Wall Street protests. Continue reading “Oil-Rich America?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Recently both First Lady Michelle Obama and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis went to the key swing state of Florida to blast the president’s adversaries. Continue reading “Give ‘Em Hell, Barry”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Suddenly, liberal op-ed writers are trashing — even lampooning — Barack Obama as a one-term president (“one and done”). Centrist Democrats up for reelection in 2012 openly worry about inviting a kindred president into their districts, lest the new pariah lose them votes. Continue reading “Obama Becomes the Fall Guy”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
What should we not expect during next summer’s presidential campaign, given what was put off limits in 2008 and later? Continue reading “What’s Off the Table in 2012?”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Advancing a Free Society
The Democrats’ position in the negotiations to raise the debt limit and deal with runaway government debt can be summarized in one mantric phrase: the rich must “pay their fair share” in taxes. Continue reading “It’s the Philosophy, Stupid”
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”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Paradoxical President
The Obama administration has offered a number of recent fantasies. Here are a few examples. Continue reading “Fantasies, Present and Future”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Anatomy of an Obama Moment
In a news-obsessed culture, sometimes the media simply ignores profound stories, such as the cause of the almost inexplicable — and quite brilliantly constructed — recovery of Obama’s poll ratings. Continue reading “Obama’s Mandela Moment”