by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Tuned-out Presidents
Somewhere around early 2006, the nation tuned out George W. Bush for a variety of reasons, some warranted, but many not. Continue reading “Tuning Out a President”
Tag: Taxes
The Liberal Super Nova
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Two parties, left and right, are central to good consensual government — one the perennial check on the other, both within the general boundaries of constitutional free-market capitalism. Continue reading “The Liberal Super Nova”
Can California Be Fixed?
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Recently, I was driving down pot-holed, two-lane, non-freeway 101 near Monterey (unchanged since the 1960s) when the radio blared that on a recent science test administered to public schools, California scored 47th in the nation. Continue reading “Can California Be Fixed?”
Class Warfare the Last Refuge of a Failed Presidency
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Media
Now that Mitt Romney will be Obama’s opponent in November, the Democrats are rolling out the false narrative they will use to demonize Romney and obscure four years of failed economic policies that have created the worst recovery from a recession since the Great Depression. Continue reading “Class Warfare the Last Refuge of a Failed Presidency”
California Tuition Blues
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
In so-called March in March protests, thousands of students in California universities recently demonstrated in outrage over spiraling tuition costs. Continue reading “California Tuition Blues”
The 2012 Election Circus–the Acts, the Players, the Hype
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The Latest Scandals
Taxes: What does it matter that Gingrich released one year of his tax records? Any candidate can prep them a year in advance. Continue reading “The 2012 Election Circus–the Acts, the Players, the Hype”
Why Not Pay Higher Taxes?
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The usual liberal complaint against the conservative opposition to higher income taxes is greed and the better-offs’ self-serving reluctance to pay their “fair share.” Continue reading “Why Not Pay Higher Taxes?”
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”
Spare Us the Sermons, Mr. President
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
During the recent debt crisis, President Obama talked about the need for bipartisan compromise and, as in the past, urged civility. Continue reading “Spare Us the Sermons, Mr. President”
Behind the DC Slugfest
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
About 50 percent of taxpayers don’t pay federal income taxes. Almost half of American adults receive either the majority of or all of their income in some form from government. Continue reading “Behind the DC Slugfest”