by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The most vibrant cities of the Roman Empire were often not found in Europe. Many were located along the southern and eastern Mediterranean and Aegean, such as Leptis Magna, Ephesus and Pergamum. Continue reading “Libya Awake Again”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Claremont Review of Books
[This piece appeared in the Spring 2006 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.]
The three weeks of Muslim rage across France during autumn 2005 brought Schadenfreude to many Americans. Continue reading “France’s Immigrant Problem–and Ours”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Claremont Review of Books
[This piece appeared in the Spring 2006 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.] Continue reading “How to Eliminate Iran’s Nuclear Weapons”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
In the fierce debate over illegal immigration, the particular terms used by those who argue our porous borders are not a serious problem can tell us a lot. Continue reading “Illegal Immigration and the English Language”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
Like jackals sniffing a wounded antelope, a pack of retired generals are circling Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, calling for him to resign for bungling the war in Iraq by allegedly interfering in military matters and ignoring the advice of commanders. Continue reading “The Jackal and the General”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Currently, there are many retired generals appearing in frenetic fashion on television. Sometimes they hype their recent books, or, as during the three-week war, offer sharp interviews about our supposed strategic and operational blunders in Iraq — imperial hubris, too few troops, wrong war, wrong place, and other assorted lapses. Continue reading “Dead-end Debates”
by Victor Davis Hanson
The American Enterprise Magazine
On matters of national security, Democrats are back on their 1960s barricades. For them, the chief dangers to the United States lie not abroad but at home, within our own government — specifically unaccountable law enforcement, military, and national security establishments. Continue reading “Back to the ’60s Barricades”
by Victor Davis Hanson
The American Enterprise Online
War-torn Iraq has about 26 million residents, a peaceful California perhaps now 35 million. The former is a violent and impoverished landscape, the latter said to be paradise on Earth. But how you envision either place to some degree depends on the eye of the beholder and is predicated on what the daily media appear to make of each. Continue reading “Eye of the Beholder”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Georgia Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s recent run-in with a security official at the nation’s Capitol reminded me of an earlier dust-up. Continue reading “The Congresswoman and the Admiral”
by Victor Davis Hanson
The New Criterion
After September 11 and the acrimonious war in Iraq, America was castigated as the world’s sole “empire,” “hegemon,” or “hyperpower.” Continue reading “Collapse of a “Hyperpower””