Finding our footing where lunacy looms large.
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Public relations between the so-called West and the Islamic Middle East have reached a level of abject absurdity. Continue reading “Three Pillars of Wisdom”
Author: victorhanson
Victor Davis Hanson is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor of Classics Emeritus at California State University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services. He is also the Wayne & Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History, Hillsdale College, where he teaches each fall semester courses in military history and classical culture.
Deconstructing Bin Laden
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
We don’t know whether the latest and much-discussed Osama bin Laden tape was recorded recently. But the harangue is still a valuable reflection of the current al Qaeda hierarchy that broadcast it to the world. Continue reading “Deconstructing Bin Laden”
Amoral Euphemism
Is “outsourcing” multilateralism?
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Senator John Kerry has recently opined, “Why hasn’t Osama Bin Laden been captured or killed, and how will he be destroyed before he next appears on tape to spread his disgusting message?” Continue reading “Amoral Euphemism”
The Not-So-Mad Mind of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
“The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of a war of destiny. The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be defined in Palestinian land. As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map.” Continue reading “The Not-So-Mad Mind of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad”
Denial of the Truth
Is UCLAProfs end academic freedom or McCarthyism?
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
The politicizing of the American university is a fact. Continue reading “Denial of the Truth”
Truce or Taqiyyah
The Koran, Islamic tradition and al Qaeda’s leadership shed light on bin Laden’s offer.
by Raymond Ibrahim
Private Papers
Osama bin Laden is apparently certain that the vast majority of Americans, including their policy-makers, are ignorant of al-Qaeda’s goals and strategies. Continue reading “Truce or Taqiyyah”
Making Sense of Nonsense
Understanding what we’re in.
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
The United States is engaged in the most radical and dangerous gambit in the Middle East since the end of the Ottoman Empire. Continue reading “Making Sense of Nonsense”
Hooked on Oil
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
For the foreseeable future, petroleum will power the global economy. There is far too little of it to go around — especially now that 2 billion Chinese and Indians are in the market. And the resulting scramble for oil warps all reason and common sense. Continue reading “Hooked on Oil”
Bad Science
“Therapism” offers an unsavory salve for emotional trauma.
by Bruce S. Thornton
Commentary
A review of One Nation Under Therapy. How the Helping Culture is Eroding Self-Reliance by Christina Hoff Sommers and Sally Satel (St. Martin’s Press, 310pp, $23.95). Continue reading “Bad Science”
The Multilateral Moment?
Our bad and worse choices about Iran.
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Multilateralism good; preemption and unilateralism bad.” Continue reading “The Multilateral Moment?”