Victor Davis Hanson writes Ripples from the Election in The National Review, 12/11/12. Excerpt: In the new climate of “fat cats,” “corporate jet owners,” “pay your fair share,” “you didn’t build that,” and “1 percent,” the more Americans have, the more
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In short, our top pundits, our political elites, our very president all believe that they can blast the unfairness of high capitalism while doing everything in their power to enjoy its dividends — and demand an ethical standard from others
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Victor Davis Hanson writes Culture Still Matters in The National Review 5/31/12. Excerpt: But government-driven efforts to change national behavior often ignore stubborn cultural differences that reflect centuries of complex history as well as ancient habits and adaptations to geography
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The outsourcing of private morality to the state is a particularly modern affliction, but equally as pernicious. We witness the startling paradox that today’s private society is crasser, less honest, and more uncouth even as its government’s official morality stresses
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It is ironic that the greenest president presides over the demise of the green industries while a new oil boom is making us more energy independent in spite of policies intended to stunt the growth and development of fossil fuels. The jobs
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… the elite have responsibility to use their largess wisely and not turn into the Kardashians. But that a fifth of one percent of the taxpayers are finding ways not to pay at the income tax rate on their large incomes
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Victor Davis Hanson writes Why Does the Good Life End, published in Pajamas Media 9/25/11. Excerpt: Redistribution of wealth rather than emphasis on its creation is surely a symptom of aging societies. Whether at Byzantium during the Nika Riots or
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Why is it more moral for a federal bureaucrat in a state-supplied SUV to shut down an offshore oil rig on grounds that it is too dangerous for the environment than for a private individual to risk his own capital
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from Pajamas Media- Zero Jobs 101 — the Psychology of Alienating Employers by Victor Davis Hansen – September 2, 2011 Experpts: In the last 30 months, the Obama administration has created a psychological landscape that finally just seemed, whether fairly
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from a bit of a July Fourth Rant by Victor Davis Hanson in The National Review – Liberal Frankensteins July 1, 2011 The European Union is unwinding for two very simple reasons. First, it is not a constitutional state, but
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Victor Davis Hanson writes in the National Review 4/21/11 Make the Rich Pay Or how about the Cabinet? Excerpts: the now-demonized top 5 percent account for almost 60 percent of all federal income-tax revenue — a higher percentage than anywhere else
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Tip O’Neil was noted for saying “all politics is local”, and wrote a book with that title. Apparently many local leaders feel the opposite. Local issues are rarely partisan; it is about he mundane tasks of maintaining roads, funding firetrucks
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One of the benefits of a federalist system is the opportunity of states to experiment with policies (such as health care) and observe the outcome. It also gives us a chance to see what does not work. Victor Davis Hanson
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The difference between academic credentialsim and real intelligence is understanding and knowing the limits of certainty. It isn’t what you don’t know that gets you. It is what you think you know that isn’t so. It is curious that the
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