by Ellis Weintraub
Private Papers
The Jerusalem Post recently published a portion of Weintraub’s interview with Victor Davis Hanson. Continue reading “An Interview: Reflections on Iran, Iraq, the Middle East and the West”
Church Militant
by Victor Davis Hanson
Claremont Review of Books
Book review of God’s War: A New History of the Crusades, by Christopher Tyerman. Belknap Press, 2006. Continue reading “Church Militant”
A World of Difference
Can General Petraeus turn was in Iraq around?
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The verdict on four years of fighting in Iraq hinges on the events of the next few months. Continue reading “A World of Difference”
The Mind of Mr. D’Souza: Nonsense.
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Dinesh D’Souza now weighs in against his numerous conservative critics in a series entitled “The Closing of the Conservative Mind.” The result is again suicidal, for his latest apology only confirms the nonsensical arguments found in The Enemy at Home. Continue reading “The Mind of Mr. D’Souza: Nonsense.”
Fair or Foul Play?
The reasonable concerns of the U.S. in WMD diplomacy
by Raymond Ibrahim
Private Papers
As is common to our age, reality has taken a second-seat to rhetoric. Continue reading “Fair or Foul Play?”
Bipartisan Hypocrisy
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Recently, several conservative politicians, moralists and evangelicals have been embroiled in scandal. As congressmen, Tom Delay and Duke Cunningham had publicized brushes with ethics laws, while their former colleague Mark Foley and Ted Haggard, who was pastor of a large evangelical church, were implicated in embarrassing sexual affairs. Continue reading “Bipartisan Hypocrisy”
The Word Police
Legislating words is silly, arbitrary, and a danger to freedom.
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
The New York City Council recently passed a resolution banning the use of the word “nigger.” Continue reading “The Word Police”
Memory and Conflict in Iraq
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Given all of this country’s past wars involving intelligence failures, tactical and strategic blunders, congressional fights and popular anger at the president, Iraq and the rising furor over it are hardly unusual. Continue reading “Memory and Conflict in Iraq”
Talking with Rouge States
Why the U.S. should stay away.
by Victor Davis Hanson
USA Today
The following counter-opinion piece appeared in the March 1st issue of USA Today.
America should attend regional talks that may include Syria and Iran, in support of stabilizing the democracy in Iraq. Continue reading “Talking with Rouge States”
Anatomy of Iraq
How did we get to this baffling scenario?
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
It’s make it or break it in Iraq in 2007. Or so we are told, as America nears four years of costly efforts in Iraq. But how did we get to this situation, to this fury over a war once supported by 70 percent of the public and a majority of Congress, but now orphaned by both? Continue reading “Anatomy of Iraq”