‘Teachable Moments’
But who will teach the teachers? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Magazine It recently came to light that University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill had slandered some of the 9/11 victims as “Little Eichmanns,” who may well have deserved punishment for their participation in what went on “in the sterile sanctuary of the twin […]
Defending the Greeks
by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers This talk was presented February 28, 2005 at California State University, Sacramento at a dinner hosted by the Tsakopolous Hellenic Foundation in honor of California State Senator Nicholas C. Petris
Blood for Oil?: No Oil Money for Bloody Terrorists
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Even in the face of spreading reform in the Middle East, Americans remain divided over the wisdom of removing Saddam Hussein and then staying on to foster democracy in Iraq. But petroleum should not be part of that controversy. Nevertheless, the most persistent smear of this war has […]
Eurospeak: Sorting Out The Teenage Sass
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online President Bush supposedly charmed the Europeans, and now they purportedly don’t hate us any more.
FAQ from the Blogosphere: An Interview with Victor Hanson
Private Papers More than three years after September 11 and more than a year and a half after liberation of Iraq, how do you see the progress of the war on terror?
In Search of Solutions: Americans are Tired of Bickering
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Democrats call for President Bush to use his conservative majorities to find common solutions to perennial problems that might find resonance with Americans tired of partisan bickering. There are plenty of places to start on a variety of different issues.
Soft Power, Hard Reality
by Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers A shorter version of this appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Tuesday 22, 2005.
Merchants of Despair
Sort of for the war, sort of… by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Much of the recent domestic critique of American efforts in the Middle East has long roots in our own past — and little to do with the historic developments on the ground in Iraq
Sunny California Caught by Gathering Storm
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services California’s weather is nearly ideal. The soil is the nation’s richest. There is a 1,000-mile coastline and endowments of fishing, timber, petroleum and water. In less than a century, our ancestors created Hollywood and Silicon Valley, as well as booming agribusiness, tourism and trade.
Unsung Victories
The effects of American policy throughout the Middle East are gradually being felt by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Last week, Mr. Abbas ordered the ruins of Yasir Arafat’s Gaza headquarters cleared away. The Israelis had destroyed the building in 2002, and Mr. Arafat had kept the ruins as a kind of memorial. Suddenly, […]
The Folly of a Nuclear Iran
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Despite the bleak preventative options, no one wants to permit Iran to go nuclear. Yet if strategists despair over the methods of stopping Iran’s bomb, few have explicitly outlined why we should even try.
Fight Over Flight: Staying Power
by Victor Davis Hanson The New Republic With the increasing violence leading up to this week’s Iraqi elections for 275 seats in a new national assembly, a despair emerged in some U.S. circles that 150,000 American troops and their coalition allies could never really maintain security.
Why Democracy?
Ten reasons to support democracy in the Middle East by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Neoconservatives hope that a democratic Iraq and Afghanistan can usher in a new age of Middle Eastern consensual government that will cool down a century-old cauldron of hatred.
Postmodern War
Weaker enemies have learned to use our strengths against us. This time, they’ll lose. by Victor Davis Hanson City Journal It is still suicidal to meet the United States in a conventional war—at least for any enemy that has not fully adopted Western arms, discipline, logistics, and military organization.
The Boxer Metaphor
by Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers A shorter version of this was syndicated by Tribune Media Services. The symbolism of the recent heated exchange between Senator Boxer and Secretary-of-State Rice was telling.
The Distorted View of Israel
by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Joshua Muravchik, Covering the Intifada. How the Media Reported the Palestinian Uprising (The Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy).
The Global Throng: Why the World’s Elites Gnash Their Teeth
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Do we even remember “all that” now? The lunacy that appeared after 9/11 that asked us to look for the “root causes” to explain why America may have “provoked” spoiled mama’s boys like bin Laden and Mohammed Atta to murder Americans at work?
Distortion’s Feedback Loop
by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers A review of Covering the Intifada: How the Media Reported the Palestinian Uprising, by Joshua Muravchik (Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy)
The Hard Road to Democracy
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Fostering elections in Iraq is a hard road, well apart from the daily violence of the Sunni Triangle. The autocratic Sunni elite of surrounding countries prefers democracy to fail, warning us that an Iranian-sponsored theocracy will surely follow in Iraq, legitimizing a new Arab Khomeinism.
Has Iraq Weakened Us?
by Victor Davis Hanson Commentary Magazine Whatever the results of the elections scheduled for late January in Iraq, a new pessimism about that country, as well as about the larger war on terror, has taken hold in many circles in the United States.