Editorial
Publishers Weekly
Leading classicist Hanson (The Father of Us All) focuses on the Theban defeat of the renowned Spartan army in 371 B.C.E. Continue reading “A Tale and Taste of Ancient Greece: The End of Sparts Reviewed”
Tag: War
A Lovely Little NATO Intervention
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
World powers sometimes have to fight wars not for some material interest, but for bolstering a nation’s prestige in order to deter more dangerous aggressors. Continue reading “A Lovely Little NATO Intervention”
The War against Real but Forgotten Evil
by Terry Scambray
Private Papers
A review of Moral Combat: Good and Evil in World War II, by Michael Burleigh (Harper Collins, 2011, 562 pp.) Continue reading “The War against Real but Forgotten Evil”
The Tragic View Returns
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
In hard times, as in war, questions arise that were once considered taboo. As we approach $15 trillion run up in aggregate national debt, and confront the reality of a welfare state that is predicated on flawed assumptions about everything from demography to human nature, a rendezvous with brutal reality is now upon us. Continue reading “The Tragic View Returns”
Why I Read the New York Times
by Bruce S. Thornton
FronpageMagazine.com
I get a lot of ragging from my fellow conservatives for reading The New York Times every day. But as I tell them, you have to know how the other side thinks. Continue reading “Why I Read the New York Times”
A Dumb and Dumber War in Libya
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Almost daily over the last four months we were told that Muammar Gadhafi was about ready to throw in the towel and give up. Continue reading “A Dumb and Dumber War in Libya”
Did We Give Up on Libya?
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
President Obama has announced that America would stop attacking Col. Muammar Gadhafi’s forces in Libya. He instead hopes that others can force out Gadhafi — or that the dictator will leave through economic and diplomatic pressure. Continue reading “Did We Give Up on Libya?”
President Obama’s Most Amazing Libyan Achievments
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
By bombing Libya, President Obama has accomplished some things once thought absolutely impossible in America: Continue reading “President Obama’s Most Amazing Libyan Achievments”
Our Libyan March Madness
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
The prognosis for Libya might be better if our president cared more about it than about the NCAA. Continue reading “Our Libyan March Madness”
Caliphate, Jihad, Sharia: Now What?
by Raymond Ibrahim
Hudson New York
You can sit here and talk about jihad from here to doomsday, what will it do? Suppose you prove beyond any shadow of doubt that Islam is constitutionally violent, where do you go from there? Continue reading “Caliphate, Jihad, Sharia: Now What?”