by Bruce S. Thornton // FrontPage Magazine Commentators on both the left and the right are slamming President Obama for missing the march in Paris last Sunday. Even a stalwart courtier like CNN’s Jake Tapper sniffed that he was “ashamed” that the U.S. was represented by an ambassador––one, by the way, who got her appointment […]
Prime Directive: Check Out Sci Phi Journal by Craig Bernthal The shelves of drugstores and news stands used to be crowded with “pulp” science fiction magazines: Fantastic Stories, Astounding Science Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction, Amazing Stories, Fantasy and Science Fiction, all of which sold for very little and provided a lot of entertainment. Many of
For Western elites, Ahmadinejad is preferable to Hirsi Ali, the Castros to Cuban dissidents. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online For a number of years into the Cold War, American presidents were occasionally troubled by the paradox that a democratic United States was supporting right-wing anti-Communist dictatorships abroad. Either Harry Truman, John Kennedy,
by Victor Davis Hanson // NRO-The Corner It was just announced that the White House, in the wake of the mass murders in France, plans to reactivate an old idea of convening a “Summit on Countering Violent Extremism.” Is this an accurate news account or some sort of cruel satire? Is there something about the
Fueling the Western paralysis in dealing with radical Islam is the late 20th century doctrine of multiculturalism. by Victor Davis Hanson // PJ Media Multiculturalism is one of those buzzwords that does not mean what it should. The ancient and generic Western study of many cultures is not multiculturalism. Rather, the trendy term promotes non-Western
Debunking the lies about race in America. by Bruce S. Thornton // FrontPage Magazine A recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll reveals that nearly 6 in 10 people believe race relations are bad, with 23% saying they are “very bad.” The causes of these perceptions are many, including nationally publicized police killings of two black men,
A gentrified cocoon of progressive privilege has cost Democrats the middle class. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online Democrats for over a century were associated with the American middle class. Working-class voters once believed that Democratic-inspired intervention into the economy — minimum-wage laws, overtime pay, Social Security, Medicare, workers’ compensation — protected their
In his “fourth quarter,” he feels free to ignore popular opinion, the rule of law, and Congress. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online Until now there were two types of peaceful American change. One was a president, like Franklin D. Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan, working with Congress to alter American life from the
Try to imagine Franklin Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan caving in to North Korea. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online Aristotle thought courage the preeminent virtue. Without it, there could be no morality. Virtue becomes a mere abstraction, a high-sounding platitude that is easy to live by in one’s sleep. The present generation may
Conservatives lament, and liberals brag, that Obama has fundamentally transformed America. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online Six years of slumber later, a surging America finally is transcending even the effects of hope and change. For the last few years, most Americans have tuned out their president’s no-time-to-profit rhetoric. They just kept slogging