by Victor Davis Hanson
Pj Media
NO MAS, MR. PRESIDENT
The State of the Union could have been written [1] by a computer program. Continue reading “What We Do Not Want to Hear Anymore”
Tag: Obamacare
The Un-Obama
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Barack Obama’s favorability in the polls fell when he acted like himself — overexposed, hard-left in his press conferences, and boastful about legislative achievements like Obamacare and a stimulus of more than $1 trillion. Continue reading “The Un-Obama”
What We Do Not Want to Hear Anymore
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
NO MAS, MR. PRESIDENT
The State of the Union could have been written [1] by a computer program. All the now familiar Obama furniture was in the room: the mock outrage at “them,” the psychodramatic first-person boasting (as in, “I will oppose..,” “I will not work with…,” “I will decline…,” “I will not stand by …,” I will not cede…,” “I will not walk away…,” “I will not back down…,” “I will not go back…”); the now customary rear-view-mirror jab at his fading predecessor; the monotonous promising that something is so bad that we must have a new program for it (each year the same threat, the same solution, the same failure); and the silence about the Obama legacy of stimulus, debt, and ObamaCare. Continue reading “What We Do Not Want to Hear Anymore”
Cutting the Military Is a Bad Idea
by Victor Davis Hanson
Ricochet.com
After World War II, Harry Truman and Louis Johnson wanted to cut the Marine Corps; by winter 1950 what was left of it almost single-handedly saved the reputation of the collapsing US military in Korea. Continue reading “Cutting the Military Is a Bad Idea”
Being There–the Obama Sequel
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”
America’s Two-Front War
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
America has the slows. Sometime about mid-2009 America began changing psychologically. True, to the naked eye, America retained the old hustle and bustle, but in an insidious fashion it began to think a bit differently. Continue reading “America’s Two-Front War”
Obama 101
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
In the last three years, the president has taught us a great deal about America, the world, and himself. Continue reading “Obama 101”
Moral Equivalence Is Moral Evasion
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
The failure of the Congressional budget “super-committee” to address our geometrically expanding debt and deficits should surprise no one. Continue reading “Moral Equivalence Is Moral Evasion”
Rage On–and On and On…
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Occupy Wall Street?
I’ve been following the Wall Street protests, in New York and elsewhere. I read as well of the Democratic Party’s sorta interest in turning the anger of a few into a left-wing Tea-Party-like movement of many. Continue reading “Rage On–and On and On…”
Give ‘Em Hell, Barry
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”