The Demagogic Style
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The noun dêmagôgos first appeared in Thucydides’ history, mostly in a neutral, only slight disparaging way (usually in reference to the obstreperous Cleon), in its literal sense of “leader of the people.”
It’s the Philosophy, Stupid
by Bruce S. Thornton Advancing a Free Society The Democrats’ position in the negotiations to raise the debt limit and deal with runaway government debt can be summarized in one mantric phrase: the rich must “pay their fair share” in taxes.
Obama 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 . . .
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner One of the reasons the president did not sound convincing in his press conference yesterday is that he has taken so many positions on the debt andtaxes that it is hard know what his current one is, or whether to take it seriously, much less to gauge how long it […]
Illiberal Immigration
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Recently, in symbolic fashion, spectators of Mexican ancestry in Pasadena’s Rose Bowl did not merely cheer on the Mexican national soccer team in a game against the US national team — such nostalgia would be natural and understandable for recent immigrants — but went much further and also […]
How Islamic Absurdities Prove Islamic Violence
by Raymond Ibrahim FrontPageMagazine.com The other day I saw a video of a sheikh warning Muslims against disregarding Muhammad’s sunna, or the rules and customs the prophet prescribed for Muslims.
Obama’s Libya Venture and Double Standards
by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine The champion of shameless chutzpah has always been the guy who murders his parents then throws himself on the mercy of the court because he’s an orphan.
Not So Fast on Strauss-Khan
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Almost everyone who has written about Strauss-Kahn has, quite correctly, used the adjective “allegedly” in relation to the charges against him, which are as yet unproven in a court of law.
Liberal Frankensteins
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online This Fourth of July, what remains is the Founders’ vision of a limited government; the idea of a population united by common values, themes, and ideas; a republican form of checks-and-balances government to prevent demagoguery, factions, and tyranny of the majority; the sanctity and autonomy of the nation-state; […]
An Exceptional Fourth of July
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services For the last 235 years, on the Fourth of July, Americans have celebrated the birth of the United States, and the founding ideas that have made it the most powerful, wealthiest, and freest nation in the history of civilization.
Why Muslim Demands for Headscarves Are Exaggerated
by Raymond Ibrahim Hudson New York Islamic attire for women — the burqa and hijab — is back in the news, though with a twist: In America, where they are legal, problems and lawsuits are arising, while in France, where they are banned, Muslim women are happily complying.
The Philosophies of Illegal Immigration
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Dinosaur Thinking Even to talk of illegal immigration earns slurs.
There Are No Socialists
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Are There Really Socialists? Two unconnected developments were announced this past week. President Obama is releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, despite the absence of a global embargo or horrific natural disaster — and despite a litany of assertions from 2008 that drilling and increased supply might only […]
The Evidence of a Bankrupt Populism
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Editor’s Note: These passages are drawn from recent articles on The Corner. Obama’s Real Legacy Barack Obama’s cries from the heart as a senator about the possibility of a Bush intervention in Iran being a de facto violation of the War Powers Act have been widely circulated — juxtaposed to his sophistic […]
Foreign Thoughts
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Editor’s Note: These passages are drawn from recent articles on The Corner. Mexifornia, Quite Literally! “I love this country, it has given me everything that I have, and I’m proud to be part of it,” said Victor Sanchez, a 37-year-old Monrovia resident wearing a Mexico jersey. “But yet, I didn’t […]
Appeasing Jihadists
A policy of guilt and flattery will not temper terrorists. by Bruce S. Thornton Defining Ideas In 1937, the London Times editor Geoffrey Dawson wrote to his correspondent in Geneva, “I do my best, night after night, to keep out of the paper anything that might hurt [German] susceptibilities . . . . I have always been […]
The Department of Food Subsidies
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The Department of Agriculture no longer serves as a lifeline to millions of struggling homestead farmers.
Muslim Woman Seeks to Revive Institution of Sex-Slavery
by Raymond Ibrahim FrontPageMagazine.com Last week witnessed popular Muslim preacher Abu Ishaq al-Huwaini boast about how Islam allows Muslims to buy and sell conquered infidel women, so that “When I want a sex-slave, I go to the market and pick whichever female I desire and buy her.”
The Art of Appreciating America From Abroad
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Sense Out of Nonsense — A Ten-step Plan I’ve been following the news the last two weeks — Weinergate, the dismal “unexpected” economic news, the new wars in Libya and Yemen — from Europe while leading about 60 on a military history tour of Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily.
Obama’s Illiberal Foreign Policy
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The incoming hope-and-change Obama administration advanced the narrative that at home and abroad it cared far more for people than profits.
Obama’s Bow to the Muslim World, Round II
by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine In September 1938 English Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, explaining why he was flying to Germany a third time in order to make peace with Germany, recited the old nursery rhyme: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.”