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What Will the Next Three Years Bring?

Sunday, November 1st, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

The more the talk of togetherness, hope and change, and healing, the more the daggers come out.

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Storm Clouds Over America

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

This nation will soon pay a heavy price for out-of-control debt, refusal to drill, and a foreign policy built on weakness.

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Obamanoia

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

Little hope, less change, lots of uncertainty, and Democrats who went from revolutionary fervor to the boring Ministry of Truth in less than nine months.

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Confessions of a Cultural Dropout

Sunday, October 18th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

Have you stopped reading, listening, watching, and paying attention to most of what now passes for establishment public or popular culture?

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Confusions of the Age

Thursday, October 15th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

What is racism? What is sodomy? Who are the "rich"? These days, the answers are never simple.

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Nobelitics

Sunday, October 11th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

What is behind Norway's bizarre taste in Nobel Peace Prize winners?

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The Power of Payback

Thursday, October 8th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

Obama's fiery campaign rhetoric is coming back to haunt him.

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An Olympic-Sized Fiasco

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

Why did Obama think he should risk presidential and national capital in such ambiguous circumstances? Ego? Sloppy prep work? Payback to pals? Hubris? (Also read Richard Fernandez: The Ego Has Landed.)

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Drawing Conclusions From the Age of Obama

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

How are we to define Obama's philosophy and presidency?

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The Past Is Not Quite Past

Sunday, September 27th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

If Obama paid closer attention to history, he wouldn't be turning U.S. foreign policy upside-down in such a hurry.

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Sleeping Through Speeches: Obama at the UN

Thursday, September 24th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

Obama's rejection of American exceptionalism shows that he does not understand that America made him — he does not make America.

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Politics and Race: A Devolving, Depressing, and Debased Debate

Monday, September 21st, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

The serious and once legitimate word “racist/racism” tragically has lost all currency.

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The Rise of the Uncouth: On Joe Wilson, Van Jones, and Kanye West

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

Awards ceremonies, presidential speeches, congressional debates — nothing is immune from crass behavior anymore.

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Obama’s Big Speech Didn’t Quite Do It

Thursday, September 10th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

One cannot sound like Lincoln if there really is no message.

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Deconstructing the ‘Whup-Ass’

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

Van Jones is the latest romantic, pseudo-revolutionary surrounding Obama to carve out a capitalist career in the field of duping liberals.

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Van Jones: Emblematic of the New Frontier

Saturday, September 5th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

Welcome to the brave new world of enlightened despots and philosopher kings.

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Lessons from the Obama Era

Monday, August 31st, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

Thought Obama was a transparent candidate and what we saw is what we got? Not exactly. The learning curve has been steep.

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Obama vs. Obama

Monday, August 24th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

Per the language of his regrettable mentor, Obama's "chickens are coming home to roost."

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The Strange Case of the Obama Meltdown

Thursday, August 20th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

The symptoms, diagnosis, and prognosis pertaining to the most precipitous first-year approval drop since ... HillaryCare.

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The Hope-and-Change Exuberance Dissipates

Monday, August 17th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

Obama is increasingly at the mercy of events, rather than directing them himself.

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When America Will Become Europe

Thursday, August 13th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

The more Europe professes to be egalitarian, the more cynical and conniving the people have become.

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Sailing to Byzantium: Contemplating Greece and Turkey

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

NATO ships and American leadership. Take them away and we’d be back to 1941, 1915, 1571, and 404 B.C. in a few years.

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Suddenly, a Revolution

Thursday, August 6th, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

Why public disagreement with the Obama administration rapidly became fury.

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Economics Does Not Allow a Free Lunch, Mr. President

Monday, August 3rd, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

If there is any sort of economic recovery, we will also be hit with the consequences of record deficit spending.

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Mediterranean Reflections on What Went Wrong

Friday, July 31st, 2009 - by Victor Davis Hanson

Some thoughts on the past, the present, and the collapsing world around us.

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