The Gaza Rules
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The Israelis just struck back hard at Hamas in Gaza. In response, the United Nations, the European Union and the Arab world (at least publicly) expressed their anger at the killing of over 300 Palestinians, most of whom were terrorists and Hamas officials.
Surreal Gaza
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media The world reacts I spent today reading accounts of Gaza —NY Times, AP, Reuters, etc. There are no terrorists, just militants.
A Year Like None Other
It usually takes decades to fit in all the tragicomedy of 2008. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The three great stories of 2008 were the financial meltdown, the turn-about in Iraq, and the Chicago Way.
Obstructed View
by Terry Scambray Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity Science’s Blind Spot: The Unseen Religion of Scientific Naturalism by Cornelius Hunter. (Brazos Press, 2007)
2008 Teeter Totter: Our ‘That Was Then, This Is Now’ Year
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services As 2008 comes to a close, almost nothing has turned out as was expected at the beginning of the year — whether we consider oil prices, the war in Iraq, political corruption or the collapse of the U.S. financial system.
Campaign Rhetoric and Presidential Reality: A Brief History
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services American presidential election rhetoric always paints the incumbent as incompetent in foreign policy, the challenger insightful and skillful.
More California Dreaming
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner One of the strangest things about the current California meltdown is how no one in state government here ever pauses to ask simple questions like: Why do we have the largest annual deficit with one of the highest sales tax and income tax rates in the country?
Are Slave-girls in Islam Equivalent to Animals?
by Raymond Ibrahim Jihad Watch Many are now aware that the Koran — that is, Allah’s word — permits, not just polygamy, but forced concubinage (sex with captive women), according to Koran 4:3: “Marry such women as seem good to you, two and three and four; but if you fear that you will not do […]
For the People?
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner [Editor’s Note: These Corners together show democratic ethics, laws, and oversight seem irrelevant to those who “did it all for the people.” At the same time, tribalism and aristocratic privilege and paternalism seem on the rise.]
Desperately Seeking Caroline
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Caroline Kennedy’s Moment — A Sad Reflection of Our Times The probable appointment of Caroline Kennedy, the 51-year-old daughter of former President John Kennedy, to fill Secretary-of-State nominee Hillary Clinton’s New York Senate seat is both laughable and yet a parable for our bankrupt times.
California Declares a Fiscal Crisis! You Think?
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media After various special sessions of the Legislature, assorted cries from the heart of our Governor, and the usual media sensationalism about an amorphous “they” who did this to us, California is once again broke.
That Was Then, This Is Now
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Hot Rod is more than hot We don’t know to what degree Blagogate affects members of Obama’s team, and hope only that after a too long election, we get on with our new president and looming crises.
Blame Bush, Obama–or Us?
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services When someone screams about a terrible policy of the present administration, just pose four questions:
The Defense of Thugs
Sacco and Vanzetti case set a precedent for anti-Americanisms. by Terry Scambray The Fresno Bee Hatred for America is not a recent phenomenon. Despite the opportunities offered in America for all races, creeds and nationalities, a tradition persists that Americans are racist, superficially religious and uncomfortable with foreigners.
No Monopoly on Moral Paralysis
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner We usually associate Westernism with globalized notions of consumer capitalism, free markets, advocacy for consensual government, and human and property rights.
Blagotrocious
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Like some of you, I had the following reactions reading the transcripts of Illinois’s Governor Blagojevich:
The Humanities Move Off Campus
by Victor Davis Hanson City Journal Autumn 2008 Until recently, classical education served as the foundation of the wider liberal arts curriculum, which in turn defined the mission of the traditional university.
Back to the Old 9/11 World
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services For three days, Islamist gunmen nearly shut down Mumbai, the financial center of India.
Political Madness–Some Hotspots
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner New and Improved? As Mark Steyn has warned for years, the Western attitude toward reports of terrorism is about as anti-empirical as one can imagine.
Parallel Lives
In politics today, intention, symbolism, and rhetoric are everything; facts, nothing. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The Roman moralist Plutarch wrote a number of parallel lives of illustrious Greek and Roman notables to offer his Greek-reading audience ethical lessons about character, virtue, and culture.