Hope Yet for Iraq

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Iraq for most Americans is now a toxic subject — best either ignored or largely evoked to blame someone for something in the past. Continue reading “Hope Yet for Iraq”

Newsworthy Reconsidered: Paris Hilton or Colonel Sean McFarland?

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Newsworthy Reconsidered: Paris Hilton or Colonel Sean McFarland?

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Charge It, America!

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

President Bush’s current approval ratings are about 32 percent. Only one in four Americans approves of the Democratic-controlled Congress. Continue reading “Charge It, America!”

The Two Faces of Al Qaeda

by Raymond Ibrahim

Chronicle for Higher Education

When the September 11 attacks occurred, I was in Fresno, Calif., researching my M.A. thesis on the Battle of Yarmuk, one of the first yet little-known battles between Christendom and Islam, waged in 636 A.D. Continue reading “The Two Faces of Al Qaeda”

Winning Ugly

Iraq doesn’t need to be a Kodak moment.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

There is no need to review the now common judgment on the Iraqi war as a fiasco, quagmire, or “worst” something or other in American history. Continue reading “Winning Ugly”

The University Madhouse

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Have American academics lost their collective minds?

This week, Columbia University allowed Iran’s loony President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be a lecturer on its campus. Continue reading “The University Madhouse”

Europe Whimpers

The showy compromise of free speech in Belgium

by Bruce S. Thornton

Private Papers

As the headquarters for the European Union, Brussels is the capital of the EUtopia that Europeans and blue-state Americans keep touting as the social-political order superior to that of the United States. Continue reading “Europe Whimpers”

Doomsday Debunked

The Middle East is not falling down.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Something quite strange is happening: Despite all the bad news about the Middle East from the European and American media, things actually seem to be improving. Continue reading “Doomsday Debunked”

Peace to Whoever Follows Guidance

More al Qaeda double talk

by Raymond Ibrahim

National Review Online

As with every message directed to the West, Osama bin Laden’s most recent address begins and ends with his hallmark sentence: “Peace to whoever follows guidance.” Continue reading “Peace to Whoever Follows Guidance”