Rhetoric at war with reality.
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Recently George Bush met hostile crowds and a critical press during a 34-nation Summit of the Americas. Continue reading “Moving On”
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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.
Multiculturalism and Its Discontents
by Bruce S. Thornton
The New Individualist
This copyrighted article first appeared in the July 2005 issue of The New Individualist [http://www.objectivistcenter.org/navigator/index.asp], and is reprinted by permission. Continue reading “Multiculturalism and Its Discontents”
Reconsidering Farm Policy
Why the government should stop subsidizing agri-business.
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The European Union says it’s now considering reducing agricultural subsidies for farmers (if the United States does as well), and our government, to its credit, is calling the E.U.’s bluff. The U.S. has proposed cutting farm subsidies here by 60 percent if Europe makes its own significant cuts. Continue reading “Reconsidering Farm Policy”
Old is “New” Warfare
Iraq conflict shares uncanny likenesses with the Peloponnesian War
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Post
Listen to what the talking heads are saying, and it’s easy to believe that we have entered an entirely new era of armed conflict. Continue reading “Old is “New” Warfare”
The Real Global Virus
The plague of Islamism keeps on spreading.
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Either the jihadists really are crazy or they apparently think that they have a shot at destabilizing, or at least winning concessions from, the United States, Europe, India, and Russia all at once. Continue reading “The Real Global Virus”
If the Problem Is Muslim Terror, Then What?
We need to get serious about keeping our enemies out.
by Victor Davis Hanson
City Journal
In September, federal prosecutors charged illegal alien Mahmoud Maawad, 29, with wire fraud and fraudulent use of a Social Security number. Continue reading “If the Problem Is Muslim Terror, Then What?”
Symposium on Iraq
Why our new idealism is enlightened Jacksonianism.
by Victor Davis Hanson
Commentary Magazine
According to opinion polls, most Americans are now critical of the President’s foreign policy. They are uncertain not merely over the daily fare of explosions in Iraq. Continue reading “Symposium on Iraq”
Our Damocles’ Sword
Godless materialism menaces the fate of the West.
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
The past week Muslim mobs besieged Christians in Egypt, defacing six churches and threatening publicly the Coptic Church’s highest cleric. Continue reading “Our Damocles’ Sword”
Moralizing in Their Sleep
Why U.S. critics turn a blind eye to atrocities
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
To paraphrase the Ancient Greeks, it is easy to be moral in your sleep. Abstract ethics or soapbox lectures demanding superhuman perfection mean little without deeds. Continue reading “Moralizing in Their Sleep”
2,000 Dead, in Context
by Victor Davis Hanson
New York Times
As the aggregate number of American military fatalities in Iraq has crept up over the past 13 months — from 1,000 to 1,500 dead, and now to 2,000 — public support for the war has commensurately declined. Continue reading “2,000 Dead, in Context”