by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Life in Our Alternate Universe
I listened to two hours of news the other night, then read a sampling of columnists, and learned the following. Continue reading “The Incredibly Wonderful World of Our Sensitive Elites”
Unprecedented: Egyptian Government Suppresses Christian Doctrine
by Raymond Ibrahim
PJ Media
It is not enough that the Egyptian government facilitates persecution of the Copts, Egypt’s indigenous Christian minority. Continue reading “Unprecedented: Egyptian Government Suppresses Christian Doctrine”
Obama’s Gulf War III
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Man-made Disasters
The president recently addressed the nation on the oil slick, nearly two months into the disaster. Continue reading “Obama’s Gulf War III”
The Great Anglo-American Spat
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Various irate British observers — from columnists like Peter Hitchens and Geoffrey Wheatcroft to parliamentarians and former cabinet officials — have recently declared the “special relationship” with America to be over. Continue reading “The Great Anglo-American Spat”
Government by the Faculty Lounge
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The Professors Are In Charge
We are being run by the mindset of the faculty lounge, as if the philosophy or English department has taken over running the country. Let me adduce some random examples. Continue reading “Government by the Faculty Lounge”
The New Wannabe Ottomans
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
A Turkish Islamic group — the “Humanitarian Relief Foundation,” often associated by Western intelligence agencies with terrorist sponsorship — orchestrated the recent Gaza flotilla. Continue reading “The New Wannabe Ottomans”
Raising Cain over Israel
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
The Turkish Question
Turkey thought that the Gaza flotilla would be yet another clever way of confronting Israel: They would hype the hoped-for “overreaction,” then posture as regional defender of the faith to the world’s outraged Muslims. Continue reading “Raising Cain over Israel”
Thomas, Turkey, and the Liberation of Israel
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
It is hard to become much more influential than the doyen of the White House press corps, who is given a ceremonial front-rows seat at press briefings and press conferences. Continue reading “Thomas, Turkey, and the Liberation of Israel”
Beyond the Scopes Trial?
Singham’s new book misses the Christian foundation of law and much more.
by Terry Scambray
New Oxford Review
God vs. Darwin: The War between Evolution and Creationism in the Classroom by Mano Singham (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009). Continue reading “Beyond the Scopes Trial?”
What Did You Say About Muhammad?
by Raymond Ibrahim
PJ Media
Which is more likely to elicit an irate Muslim response: 1) public cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, or 2) public proclamations that Muhammad was a bisexual, sometime transvestite and necrophile, who enjoyed sucking on the tongues of children, commanded a woman to “breastfeed” an adult man, and advised believers to drink his urine for salutary health? Continue reading “What Did You Say About Muhammad?”