by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
About half the country disapproves of the job the president is doing. Most Americans think he has not handled the economy well. Yet a majority also believe that the tough times are still George W. Bush’s legacy, and, further, that Mitt Romney would not necessarily do any better a job than has Obama. Continue reading “What Romney Needs to Do”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
President Obama recently issued an edict exempting an estimated 800,000 to 1 million illegal aliens from the consequences of federal immigration law. Ostensibly that blanket amnesty applies to those who arrived before the age of 16 and are younger than 30; who are in, or graduated from, high school or have served in the military; and who have not been convicted of a felony or multiple misdemeanors. Continue reading “Legal Illegal Immigration”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Barack Obama lately has been accusing presumptive rival Mitt Romney of not waging his campaign in the nice (but losing) manner of John McCain in 2008. But a more marked difference can be seen in Obama himself, whose style and record bear no resemblance to his glory days of four years ago. Continue reading “From Hope and Change to Fear ad Smear”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Conservatives are put into awkward positions of critiquing liberal ideas on grounds that they are impractical, unworkable, or counterproductive. Yet rarely, at least outside the religious sphere, do they identify the progressive as often immoral [1]. Continue reading “Liberal Illiberalism: The Liberal Assault on Liberalism”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Recently, in symbolic fashion, spectators of Mexican ancestry in Pasadena’s Rose Bowl did not merely cheer on the Mexican national soccer team in a game against the US national team — such nostalgia would be natural and understandable for recent immigrants — but went much further and also jeered American players and, indeed, references to the United States. Continue reading “Illiberal Immigration”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Dinosaur Thinking
Even to talk of illegal immigration earns slurs. Continue reading “The Philosophies of Illegal Immigration”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
President Obama gave what was billed as an important speech on immigration last week near the border in El Paso, Texas. Unfortunately, it was one of the most demagogic moments in recent presidential history. Continue reading “Alligators, Moats and Other Such Nonsense”
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
National Review Online
I was disappointed by the president’s tone more than the specifics of his proposals. Once again, he proves true to character: politicizing the issue, citing straw men, and then accusing those with whom he disagrees of political demagoguery. Continue reading “Amnesty Revisited”
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”