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It's 1973 all over again
Victor Davis HansonIn Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, he ran to the left of Hillary Clinton as a moral reformer. Obama promised to transcend the old politics and bring a new era of hope-and-change transparency to Washington. Five years later, those vows are in...Tags: Politics, Nancy Pelosi, Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, Jay Carney
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Hoping for change in Syria
Victor Davis HansonRemember when President Obama used to warn Syria's Bashar al-Assad to stop his mass killing and step down? Muammar Gadhafi's dictatorship had then just collapsed under Western bombing. The murders of Americans in Benghazi and the subsequent postwar...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, John Kerry, Iran, Benghazi
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The monotonous Middle East
Victor Davis HansonSince antiquity, the Middle East has been the trading nexus of three continents -- Asia, Europe and Africa -- and vibrant birthplace to three of the world's great religions. Middle Eastern influence rose again in the 19th century when the Suez Canal...Tags: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Reformed, Suez Canal, Barack Obama, China
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The D-word
Victor Davis HansonDeportation has become a near-taboo word. Yet the recent Boston bombings inevitably rekindle old questions about the way the U.S. admits, or at times deports, foreign nationals. Despite the Obama administration's politically driven and cyclical claims of...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI, Russia
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Postmodern prudes
Victor Davis HansonMore than 500 people were murdered in Chicago last year. Yet Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel still found time to berate the fast food franchise Chick-fil-A for not sharing "Chicago values" -- apparently because its founder does not approve of gay marriage....Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Customs and Tradition, John Allen, Sex Crimes, Satellite and Cable Service
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Iran's North Korean future
Victor Davis HansonThe idea of a nuclear Iran -- and of preventing a nuclear Iran -- terrifies security analysts. Those who argue for a preemptive strike against Iran cannot explain exactly how American planes and missiles would take out all the subterranean nuclear...Tags: India, China, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, North Korea, Iran
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After Obama
Victor Davis HansonWe can imagine what lies ahead in 2017 -- no matter the result of either the 2014 midterm elections or the 2016 presidential outcome. There will be no more $1 trillion deficits. About $10 trillion will have been added to the national debt during the...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton
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Iraq a convenient scapegoat
Victor Davis HansonBring up Iraq -- and expect to end up in an argument. Conservatives are no different from liberals in rehashing the unpopular war, which has become a sort of whipping boy for all our subsequent problems. The Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Politics, U.S. Congress, Iran, Al Gore
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America's big fat advantage
Victor Davis HansonFor all the Obama-era talk of decline, there is at least one reason why America probably won't, at least not quite yet. "Peak oil" and our "oil addiction" were supposed to have ensured that we ran out of either gas or the money to buy it. Now, suddenly,...Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Japan, Politics, Germany, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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From affirmative action to diversity
Victor Davis HansonSometime in the new millennium, "global warming" evolved into "climate change." Amid growing controversies over the planet's past temperatures, Al Gore and other activists understood that human-induced "climate change" could better explain almost any...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Barack Obama, Global Change, Al Gore, Racism
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The California 'Mordida'
Victor Davis HansonCalifornia now works on the principle of the mordida, or "bite." Its government assumes that it can take something extra from residents for the privilege of living in their special state. Gov. Jerry Brown made that assumption explicit in his latest back-...Tags: Personal Income, Politics, Rick Perry, Highway Transportation, Stanford University
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American recessional
Victor Davis HansonRepublicans and Democrats are blaming one another for impending cuts to the defense budget brought about by sequestration. But with serial annual deficits of $1 trillion-plus and an aggregate debt nearing $17 trillion, the United States -- like an...Tags: Defense, U.S. Military, Barack Obama, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, John Kerry
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