by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
There are good reasons to go into Syria, but far better ones to stay out [1]. Continue reading “Count Me Out on Syria”
Tag: Mainstream Media
Hope for Change in Syria
Once again, Obama has proven more of an idealist than an implementer.
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Remember when President Obama used to warn Syria’s Bashar al-Assad to stop his mass killing and step down? Continue reading “Hope for Change in Syria”
Why Read Old Books?
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
We all know the usual reasons why we are prodded to read the classics — moving characters, seminal ideas, blueprints of our culture, and paradigms of sterling prose and poetry. Then we nod and snooze. Continue reading “Why Read Old Books?”
Journalists as Ring Wraiths
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Today’s Washington journalists are like J. R. R. Tolkien’s ring wraiths, petty lords who wanted a few shiny golden Obama rings — only to end up as shrunken slaves to the One. Continue reading “Journalists as Ring Wraiths”
Explaining the Inexplicable
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Almost daily we witness things that make no sense. A few examples, from the profound to the trivial. Continue reading “Explaining the Inexplicable”
The Tangled Web of Race
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
A number of commentators have openly sympathized with multi-murderer Christopher Dorner, who shot seven innocent people, killing four of them. Apparently, the late Dorner was a voice in the wilderness crying out against the racist injustice of the “system.” Continue reading “The Tangled Web of Race”
The Face of Things to Come
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Campaign Rhetoric
The campaign contour is pretty clear: The Obama reelection team will not make the case for the advantages and popularity of Obamacare, for the Chuian advantages of $4-a-gallon gas, for the dynamism of a 1.7 percent GDP growth rate, for the stimulatory effects of adding $5 trillion in new debt, or for why 8 percent unemployment does not qualify under the old rubric of a “jobless recovery.” Continue reading “The Face of Things to Come”
The Super Bowl Farmers
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Chrysler’s Super Bowl Ram Truck commercial praising the American farmer was an unexpected big hit and is still being replayed around the country on talk radio. Rich Lowry[1] and Peggy Noonan[2] both contrasted the authenticity of that commercial fantasy with the falsity of the real event. Continue reading “The Super Bowl Farmers”
Not the Message, Not the Messenger, It’s the Voter: Part I
by Bruce Thronton
FrontPage
Nearly 3 months after the presidential election the Republicans are still trying to fix what they think went wrong. A popular culprit is the Republicans’ alleged failure to communicate forcefully or persuasively a message that would move voters presumably receptive to conservative policies and principles. Continue reading “Not the Message, Not the Messenger, It’s the Voter: Part I”
Learning from the Election
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
1. Populism
The Republicans have only won the popular vote since Ronald Reagan’s presidency on two occasions: 1988 and 2004. In both instances, even the patrician Bushes were able to paint their liberal opponents as out-of-touch Massachusetts magnificoes. Lee Atwater turned Michael Dukakis, the helmeted tank driver, into a bumbling Harvard Square naïf. Karl Rove reminded the country that John Kerry, the wind surfer, was a spandex-wearing, wetsuit-outfitted yuppie who lived in several of his rich wife’s mansions, as he jetted around in her plane and sailed on her boat. Continue reading “Learning from the Election”