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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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 […]
Democrats Disingenuous in Their Anti-war Rhetoric
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 […]
Mexifornia, Five Years Later
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 […]
Tapping Ahmadinejad’s Egg
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.
The Stink
What makes the worst lies in the Middle East acceptable? by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Remember Big Daddy in the movie Cat on Hot Tin Roof?
Casting the First Stone
How do we trust Newsweek when criticisms often depend on unnamed sources? 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 […]
America the Blameworthy
Dinesh D’Souza Takes Place among the Serial Blame Artists 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.
The Truth about Tolerance
How our therapeutic thinkers threaten Western values by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Acceptance of a double standard has always been a sign of inferiority.
Give Petraeus a Chance
How about a moratorium on 2008 politics for a bit? 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 […]
The Ugly American
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.
Hedging on Iraq
The Democrats prepare for anything, and advocate nothing. 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.
How Will Illegal Immigration End?
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services We hear all sorts of solutions for ending illegal immigration. Build a wall! Beef up border security! Fine employers, and create a massive guest-worker program. Or America could insist on tamper-proof identification cards, or detention, deportation or even amnesty for some illegal aliens — or all of these measures […]