by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Until the appearance of Barack Obama on the national scene, I knew of “them” only from an old sci-fi movie in which huge ants (“Them!”) ate people. Continue reading “Are You ‘Them!’?”
Tag: Race
Obama’s Racial Politics
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Never has America been more assimilated, integrated, and intermarried — as is evident in everything from politics to popular culture, from statistics to anecdotes. Continue reading “Obama’s Racial Politics”
The News Behind the News: From Herman Cain to Blue Wall Street
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
It Doesn’t Add Up
Here are some things in the daily news that do not quite make sense. Continue reading “The News Behind the News: From Herman Cain to Blue Wall Street”
Cain Lost in the Labyrinth
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
‘Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here,” is the placard that Herman Cain must have read last week when he descended into the Sexual Harassment Inferno, from which he has not yet emerged. Continue reading “Cain Lost in the Labyrinth”
Did 2008 Come True?
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The Right-Wing Complaint of 2008
In 2008, the following was the general right-wing argument against Obama’s candidacy: Continue reading “Did 2008 Come True?”
Liberal Indulgences
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Medieval Liberalism
Recently I saw some TV clips from MSNBC and CNN, one critiquing Herman Cain, the other an interview with Michael Moore. Continue reading “Liberal Indulgences”
Obama’s Racial Crisis
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
In the current racial circus, the president of the United States, in addressing an assembly of upscale black professionals and political leaders, adopts the style of a Southern Baptist preacher of the 1960s. Continue reading “Obama’s Racial Crisis”
The Great Obama Catharsis
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Barack Obama has done the United States a great, though unforeseen, favor. He has brought to light, as no one else could, many of the pernicious assumptions of our culture from the last half-century. Continue reading “The Great Obama Catharsis”
Young Westerners–Deprives or Decadent?
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
A once civil and orderly England was recently torn apart by rioting and looting — at first by mostly minority youth, but eventually also by young Brits in general. Continue reading “Young Westerners–Deprives or Decadent?”
An Exceptional Fourth of July
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
For the last 235 years, on the Fourth of July, Americans have celebrated the birth of the United States, and the founding ideas that have made it the most powerful, wealthiest, and freest nation in the history of civilization. Continue reading “An Exceptional Fourth of July”