by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Why did a majority of Democratic Senators — such as Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Harry Reid, Jay Rockefeller and Chuck Schumer — vote to authorize a war with Iraq on Oct. 11, 2002? And why is this war now supposedly George Bush’s misfortune and not theirs? Continue reading “Democrats Disingenuous in Their Anti-war Rhetoric”
The flood of illegal immigrants into California has made things worse than I foresaw.
by Victor Davis Hanson
City Journal (Winter 2007 Issue)
In the Spring 2002 issue of City Journal, I wrote an essay about growing up in the central San Joaquin Valley and witnessing firsthand, especially over the last 20 years, the ill effects of illegal immigration (City Journal’s editors chose the title of the piece: “Do We Want Mexifornia?”). Continue reading “Mexifornia, Five Years Later”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
We all know the Iranian M.O. — nuclear proliferation, Holocaust denial, threats to wipe out Israel, vicious anti-Western rhetoric, lavish sponsorship of terrorists at work attacking Israel and destabilizing Lebanon. Continue reading “Tapping Ahmadinejad’s Egg”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
Remember Big Daddy in the movie Cat on Hot Tin Roof? Continue reading “The Stink”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
A new round of Middle East hysteria has broken out in Washington. It goes like this: Iran is not really such a serious threat; but once again we are cooking intelligence, ignoring moderates, being needlessly provocative, acting unilaterally and preemptively, looking for a mere pretext to strike, and refusing to try diplomacy. Continue reading “Casting the First Stone”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
After 9/11, many leftists cited American faults that supposedly accounted for Osama bin Laden’s savage attack. Continue reading “America the Blameworthy”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
Acceptance of a double standard has always been a sign of inferiority. Continue reading “The Truth about Tolerance”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
The haggling over various resolutions and nit-picking (inasmuch as no one is seriously going to cut off funding) the surge is surreal. Whatever critics think of its rationale, it is clear that something dramatic is going to shortly transpire, most likely a last-ditch, go-for-broke effort to secure Baghdad that deserves the support of all Americans and our representatives. Continue reading “Give Petraeus a Chance”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic candidate for president, is at it again with another rude gaffe, this one providing an unintended glimpse of the way many contemporary cosmopolitan elites characterize their homeland when abroad. Continue reading “The Ugly American”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
For all the talk of cutting off funds, redeployment, and pulling out, the new Democratic Congress will, at least for now, probably do nothing except speak impassioned words and make implicit threats. Here’s why. Continue reading “Hedging on Iraq”