The Trenches of the Culture Wars

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Welcome to the trenches of the culture wars, where academic notions of political correctness, multiculturalism and cultural relativism meet the brawling American street. Continue reading “The Trenches of the Culture Wars”

The Quiet Consensus on Iraq

The more they argue, the more they sound the same.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Some 30 months after the removal of Saddam Hussein, an unspoken consensus is emerging about Iraq. Continue reading “The Quiet Consensus on Iraq”

Thalatta! Thalatta!

by Victor Davis Hanson

The New Criterion

In spring 401 B.C., amid the detritus of the recently ended twenty-seven-year-long war between Athens and Sparta, about 13,000 Greek mercenary soldiers marched eastward in the pay of the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger. The Greeks weren’t quite sure where they were ultimately headed. Most of them at first didn’t seem to care — even if it seemed unlikely that they were simply hired, as told, to put down some quarreling among insurrectionist Persian satraps. Continue reading “Thalatta! Thalatta!”

Al Qaeda’s Offensive Rhetoric: What Does Al-Qaeda Ultimately Want?

by Raymond Ibrahim

Private Papers

Al-Qaeda has shrewdly seen to it that, along with the sword, they also employ the pen in their Holy War. Continue reading “Al Qaeda’s Offensive Rhetoric: What Does Al-Qaeda Ultimately Want?”

Conflicted Europe

To build confidence Europe needs to stand alone.

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

After the 2000 elections, George W. Bush became president without a majority vote. Many Europeans snickered at the sorry spectacle of the world’s oldest continuous democracy devolving into Third-World election chaos. Few critics cared to hear about the nature of America’s two-century-old Electoral College. Continue reading “Conflicted Europe”

Ivory Cower

University presidents have lost their dignity.

by Victor Davis Hanson

Claremont Review of Books

Whether or not you agreed with them, university presidents used to be dignified figures on the American scene. Continue reading “Ivory Cower”

Today’s Euro-USA Split Will Persist

by Victor Davis Hanson

The American Enterprise

The new chasm between Europe and the United States seems to widen still — even as transatlantic diplomats assure us that it has narrowed — despite a common heritage and a supposedly shared goal of global democracy, free markets, and defeating terrorists. Continue reading “Today’s Euro-USA Split Will Persist”

Chaos in Gaza

Abbas must defeat terrorists to avoid gangland politics.

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

After the Israelis’ recent pullout from the Gaza Strip, chaos broke out. Greenhouses that had been purchased by international agencies for future Palestinian use were ransacked by the beneficiaries. Violent fights over looted equipment escalated among squatters, the government and terrorists. Continue reading “Chaos in Gaza”

Webchat with VDH

VDH answers questions from international on-like questioners about U.S. foreign policy

[Transcript of September 21, 2005 Webchat with U.S. Department of State. This moderated chat was conducted by the U.S. State Department International Information Programs.  For more information, please click U.S. Department of State’s International Information Programs]

The IIP article about this chat is available in the U.S. Department of State’s Archive. Continue reading “Webchat with VDH”