Security Threats Warm Our Allies

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Japan’s prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, is busy trying to strengthen the American alliance. In recent months, members of his government have announced new joint military arrangements with the U.S. and announced to the South Koreans that, unlike Japan, they are not to be trusted with sensitive American intelligence. Continue reading “Security Threats Warm Our Allies”

Unprincipled and Inert

Why the United Nations is sinking fast.

by Bruce S. Thornton

Private Papers

A review of Tower of Babel. How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos by Dore Gold (Crown Forum, 2004: New York). Continue reading “Unprincipled and Inert”

The Sorry Bunch

Listen and learn from our enemies.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

In a single day last week, in various media — the liberal International Herald Tribune and the Washington Post — the following information appeared. Continue reading “The Sorry Bunch”

Illiberal Aspects of Illegal Immigration

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

A group of citizens calling themselves the Minutemen patrols the border looking to stop illegal immigrants from entering the United States. Mexico’s president, Vicente Fox, states that Mexican migrant workers in the U.S. are “are doing jobs that not even blacks want to do.” Continue reading “Illiberal Aspects of Illegal Immigration”

The Global Shift

The world will soon better appreciate the United States

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Radical global power shifts have been common throughout history. For almost a millennium (800-100 BC) the Greek East, with its proximity to wealthy Asia and African markets and a dynamic Hellenism, was the nexus of Western civilization — before giving way to Rome and the western Mediterranean. Continue reading “The Global Shift”

Lo, The U.N. By What Name Do We Call Thee?

Failed, useless, dubious, impotent, pernicious, morally exhausted . . .

by Bruce S. Thornton

Private Papers

Every crisis is an opportunity, a time when the fissures and cracks of received wisdom and worn-out habits of thought are exposed. Continue reading “Lo, The U.N. By What Name Do We Call Thee?”

Western Liberalism Is the Only Idea Left Standing

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

The French and Dutch rebuffs of the European Union constitution will soon be followed by other rejections. Millions of proud, educated Europeans are tired of being told by unelected grandees that the mess they see is really abstract art. Continue reading “Western Liberalism Is the Only Idea Left Standing”

Our Strange War: Looking Ahead, Our Options

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

The three-year-plus war that began on September 11 is the strangest conflict in our history. It is not just that the first day saw the worst attack on American soil since our creation, or that we are publicly pledged to fighting a method — “terror” — rather than the concrete enemy of Islamic fascism that employs it. Continue reading “Our Strange War: Looking Ahead, Our Options”

High Noon for High News

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

The recent Dan Rather and Newsweek controversies hardly seem connected. But on closer examination, both incidents symbolize what has gone wrong with traditional news organizations. Continue reading “High Noon for High News”

Muslims Have Desecrated Bibles and Churches

So what is all the mob angst over the Koran?

by Bruce S. Thornton

Private Papers

The images of Muslims rampaging over rumors and unproven allegations of “Koran abuse” are troubling — but not because of the behavior of the mobs. Continue reading “Muslims Have Desecrated Bibles and Churches”