by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
When Barack Obama accused Hillary Clinton of “playing the gender card,” the hypocrisy that typically defines our public discourse on race descended into the surreal. Continue reading “Liberal Racism”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
I suppose “devil” is not as bad as “pervert” or “feces” Continue reading “Squaring Off: Part II”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
I used to have a great deal of respect for the Chronicle of Higher Education. Continue reading “Squaring Off”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The House this July passed another five-year, multi-billion-dollar farm support bill. The Senate now has its own version under discussion. And we can probably expect that the compromise bill that passes will be at least the $286 billion allotted by the House. Continue reading “Please–Not Another Farm Bill”
by Victor Davis Hanson
The New Criterion
A review of The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger by Jonathan Schell (Metropolitan Books, 2007, 272 pp.)
During the nuclear freeze movement of the 1980s, Jonathan Schell became well known for his detailed arguments calling for global nuclear disarmament. Continue reading “The Old Schell Game”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
At first glance, it would seem a straightforward thing to stop a relatively weak but volatile Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb. It would also seem to be something a concerned world community would be actively working to do. Continue reading “So Who’s Afraid of an Iranian Bomb?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
I thought (and wrote to that effect) that both the gratuitous and toothless Senate resolutions calling for the de facto trisection of Iraq, and condemnation of Turkey for the century-old Armenian holocaust were unnecessary barbs that would only inflame an already anti-American Turkey. Continue reading “Hardly Turkish Delight”
by Victor Davis Hanson
The American
This article appears in the “Geopolitics” section of the recent issue of The American.
By October, 15 months before his presidency would end, George Bush’s approval ratings still hovered around 30 percent. Continue reading “The Legacy of the Bush Administration?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
On a recent visit to Iraq, I was advised to speak with an American colonel at ground zero in the effort to secure Baghdad. Continue reading “At the Eye of the Storm in Baghdad”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The president establishes American foreign policy and is commander in chief. At least that’s what the Constitution states. Then Congress oversees the president’s policies by either granting or withholding money to carry them out — in addition to approving treaties and authorizing war. Continue reading “Congress’ New Role: Undermining U.S. Foreign Policy”