{"id":21,"date":"2013-04-12T06:30:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=21"},"modified":"2013-04-13T06:13:15","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T13:13:15","slug":"vdh-americas-big-fat-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=21","title":{"rendered":"VDH &#8211; America&#8217;s Big Fat Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"VDH%20-%20America%27s%20Big%20Fat%20Advantage\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><div>MARCH 21, 2013 12:00 A.M.<br \/>\nAmerica\u2019s Big Fat Advantage<br \/>\nOur exceptionalism will last as long as we judge people according to their achievements.<\/p>\n<div>&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><a title=\"&lt;&lt;Read the entire article here.&gt;&gt;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/articles\/343499\/america-s-big-fat-advantage-victor-davis-hanson\">&lt;&lt;Read the entire article here.&gt;&gt;<\/a><a title=\"&lt;&lt;Read the entire article here.&gt;&gt;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/articles\/343499\/america-s-big-fat-advantage-victor-davis-hanson\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div>&#8230;<\/div>\n<p>The end of American exceptionalism will come not when we run out of gas, wheat, or computers, but when we end the freedom of the individual, and, whether for evil or supposedly noble reasons, judge people not on their achievement but on their name, class, race, sex, or religion \u2014 in other words, when we become like most places the world over.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u2014 NRO contributor Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. His The Savior Generals will appear in the spring from Bloomsbury Books. \u00a9 2013 Tribune Media Services, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"VDH%20-%20America%27s%20Big%20Fat%20Advantage\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>MARCH 21, 2013 12:00 A.M. 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