by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
By July, we will come to feel that 2009 will be one of the most upbeat years in our history, as what used to be the news media begins to get behind America and report on all the mysteriously wonderful things that are suddenly taking place. Continue reading “At New Animal Farm”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
The putative Caroline Kennedy candidacy for senator has had the odd effect of reopening the media can of worms treatment of Gov. Palin. Continue reading “A Media Morality Tale”
by Raymond Ibrahim
American Thinker
All-permeating “white-guilt” did not appear out of thin air. It has taken a sustained propaganda effort, a wide-ranging mobilization of education and culture, to inculcate and sustain self-loathing among American Caucasians. Like the Coca-Cola TM brand, white-guilt needs endless repetition to remain struck in the thought and behavioral processes of the masses. Continue reading “On Vikings and Victims: White-Guilt in Context”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Creepy times
There is something especially nauseating about the latest Middle East war — scenes of worldwide Islamic protests with photos of Jews as apes, protesters (in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida of all places!) Continue reading “A Lose-Lose World”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The Israelis just struck back hard at Hamas in Gaza. In response, the United Nations, the European Union and the Arab world (at least publicly) expressed their anger at the killing of over 300 Palestinians, most of whom were terrorists and Hamas officials. Continue reading “The Gaza Rules”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The world reacts
I spent today reading accounts of Gaza —NY Times, AP, Reuters, etc. There are no terrorists, just militants. Continue reading “Surreal Gaza”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
The three great stories of 2008 were the financial meltdown, the turn-about in Iraq, and the Chicago Way. Continue reading “A Year Like None Other”
by Terry Scambray
Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity
Science’s Blind Spot: The Unseen Religion of Scientific Naturalism by Cornelius Hunter. (Brazos Press, 2007) Continue reading “Obstructed View”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
As 2008 comes to a close, almost nothing has turned out as was expected at the beginning of the year — whether we consider oil prices, the war in Iraq, political corruption or the collapse of the U.S. financial system. Continue reading “2008 Teeter Totter: Our ‘That Was Then, This Is Now’ Year”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
American presidential election rhetoric always paints the incumbent as incompetent in foreign policy, the challenger insightful and skillful. Continue reading “Campaign Rhetoric and Presidential Reality: A Brief History”