Victor Davis Hanson

JERRY BROWN: TO DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM OF TURNING CALIFORNIA AROUND

February 10, 2011 Jerry Brown: A Modern-Day Sisyphus By Victor Davis Hanson California Gov. Jerry Brown must rapidly close a $25 billion budgetary shortfall. But right now it seems almost a hopeless task since the state’s disastrous budget is a symptom, not the cause, of California’s much larger nightmare. Take unemployment. It currently runs 12.6 […]

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BUBBLES BUBBLES EVERYWHERE – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

February 4, 2011 Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere By Victor Davis Hanson The 2008 financial crash originated with a housing bubble. Not long ago, the cheap money policies of the Federal Reserve, the infusion of trillions of dollars in new foreign investment, and the misguided policies of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae all conspired to extend to

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TWO CALIFORNIAS

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com By Victor Davis Hanson December 15, 2010 12:00 P.M. Abandoned farms, Third World living conditions, pervasive public assistance — welcome to the once-thriving Central Valley. The last three weeks I have traveled about, taking the pulse of the more forgotten areas of central California. I wanted to witness, even if superficially,

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DEFICITS AND DEPRESSION ARE FEEDING THE ANGER OF THE PUBLIC

October 14, 2010 Deficits and Depression By Victor Davis Hanson We will learn in November just how angry the public is about a lot of things, from higher taxes to massive unemployment. But the popular uproar pales in comparison to the sense of humiliation that we Americans are quite broke. In 2008, the public was

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A PEASANT MENTALITY OR INDIVIDUAL SELF-WORTH

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE Victor Davis Hanson September 23, 2010 12:00 A.M. A Nation of Peasants? The U.S. has returned to deriding “trickle-down” economics. Traditional peasant societies believe in only a limited amount of good. The more your neighbor earns, the less someone else gets. Profits are seen as a sort of theft; they must be

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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON – OBAMA IS MIFFED

PAJAMASMEDIA.COM ‘Like a Dog’: The Origins of Barack Obama’s Petulance Posted By Victor Davis Hanson On September 8, 2010 @ 6:15 am In Uncategorized | 236 Comments I would be miffed too if I were Obama Obama in just twenty months has developed a reputation for being petulant, unusually sensitive to the normal run-of-the-mill criticism.

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THE NEW RACIAL MESS – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Victor Davis Hanson July 22, 2010 12:00 A.M. The New Racial Mess America has largely moved beyond race. Tragically, our president has not. Weren’t we supposed to enter a new age of tolerance with the election of Pres. Barack Obama? His half-black, half-white ancestry and broad support across racial lines suggested

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ERIC HOLDER’S HYPOCRISY

Holder’s Hypocrisy – Victor Davis Hanson on National Review Online NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com PRINT Victor Davis Hanson July 15, 2010 12:00 A.M. Holder’s Hypocrisy Holder will continue to embarrass the nation until he steps down. Attorney General Eric Holder has developed a bad habit of accusing others of acting in bad faith while doing

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Al Gore – The Sanctimonious Left

Thoughts on Gorism Posted By Victor Davis Hanson On May 2, 2010 From the Sanctimonious to the Ridiculous I think sometime this year elite radical environmentalism died. And at about the same time perished also the notion of the man in the mansion as the man on the barricades. Let me explain. Gorism We all

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WSJ – An Interview with Gary Becker

MARCH 27, 2010 ‘Basically an Optimist’—Still Gary Becker By PETER ROBINSON Stanford, Calif. ‘No, no. Not at all.” So says Gary Becker when asked if the financial collapse, the worst recession in a quarter of a century, and the rise of an administration intent on expanding the federal government have prompted him to reconsider his

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