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Victor Davis Hanson
The Obamarang
On almost every key issue, what President Obama says he will do, and what he says is true, is a clear guide to what he will not do, and what is not true.
A Clockwork Obama
As predictable as clockwork, the Obama three-step begins. (See also Roger L. Simon: "Obama the Speechmaker vs. Jobs the CEO")
After Massachusetts, Liberal Bloodletting Will Continue
They just don't understand the populist outrage.
The Democratic Reaction Richter Scale
The aftershocks in Washington may be just as dramatic as the political earthquake in Massachusetts.
‘Let Me Be Perfectly Not Clear’ and ‘Make Lots of Mistakes About It’
Why the American people are losing confidence in Obama.
The Way Our World Works
In 2010, Obama's economic and foreign policy mistakes will come back to haunt us all.
Bush Did It! And, Really, Bush Did It! And Bush Really Did It!
Obama's Bush bashing is now monotonous and sounds like the proverbial three-year-old’s sob.
Obama as Greek Tragedy (Part 1)
The tragic flaw of hubris has infected the White House, preventing the president from seeing the way things really are.
Obama’s Humpty-Dumpty View of the World
Rarely has a candidate’s entire world view been so abruptly refuted in the first year of a presidency. (See also, Roger L. Simon's "Is Obama Destroying Liberalism?")
The Origins of Obamism
Where did these guys come from? (Also read Ron Radosh: Obama’s Latest Appointment: A Reflection of his Radical Past)
The Long March from California to Copenhagen
Obama is adopting the failing California model as a blueprint on a national scale — and the world wishes to follow his lead. (Also read Richard Fernandez: A Deal in Copenhagen?)
Is America a Deer in the Headlights?
After only 11 months of Barack Obama, nearly half the country polls that it would prefer instead the old bogeyman George Bush. The poor media is equally confused.
Why Are We Tiring of Obama?
A random list of catastrophes that the public has come to associate with the president.
Our Present Anxieties and ‘They Did It’ Diplomacy
Nearly a year into his term, our president is still talking about Bush's culpability for everything from unemployment to Afghanistan. At what year will it ever stop?
Riding the Back of the Tiger
In just a year, the president, driven by narcissism, fueled by ignorance, has badly undermined old-fashioned deterrence.
Where Has the Obama Thrill Gone?
Righteous anger over serial apologies and bows abroad, massive borrowing and deficit spending, and government takeovers of private spheres of life — is swelling up in the electorate.
What Drives the Fear and Loathing of Sarah Palin?
There's something about her that earns as much resistance from Republican Old Guarders as from the Obamians.
The Most Interesting of Times
We are witnessing nothing less than an attempt to reinvent the United States at home and abroad into something it never was.
Is Fort Hood Really a ‘Tragedy’?
Our slain soldiers were the result of an evil act, not a collision of human and divine wills.
Obama’s Week of Weak Words: Partisan, Disingenous, Tepid, and Appeasing
Consider some of the things the president said over the past week — and then imagine what he might have said.
Fort Hood Horror All Too Familiar
What are we to make of Major Nidal Malik Hasan's rampage? (Also read Phyllis Chesler: The Jihadist Is Always the Victim.)
The Discreet Charm of the Left-Wing Plutocracy
What are we to make of the George Soroses and Warren Buffetts and the club of the mega-wealthy preferring the populist rhetoric of Barack Obama?
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