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”
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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”
The California Corridor: Some Lessons on Government Largesse From the New Frontier
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The Great Warpath
This summer it has been a softer, modern version of living in a cabin on the Great Warpath circa 1740 near Albany or Montreal (in this regard, take a look at Eliot Cohen’s new book Conquered into Liberty on the origins of the American way of war), readying oneself for the next break-in — so our inland “California Corridor” has become from Bakersfield to Sacramento. Continue reading “The California Corridor: Some Lessons on Government Largesse From the New Frontier”
An Honest Obama Campaign
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Given what we know now, I think Obama’s summer-2008 campaign speeches should have sounded something like this: Continue reading “An Honest Obama Campaign”
Patient Obama
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Last week the president gave a speech on the deficit [1], rightly trying to convince Americans that it is now beyond unsustainable. Yet his theme was that the Republicans’ attempts to reduce it were cold-hearted, endangering the most vulnerable among us, such as those with Down’s Syndrome, while protecting the proverbial “rich” from commensurate sacrifice. Continue reading “Patient Obama”