The Great Madness of 2004-10
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media The First Symptoms of Hatred — 2004 to 2008 For about seven years the nation lost its collective mind — and was only partially coming-to in November 2010. Share This
Zakaria Botros: Islam’s Scourge Returns
by Raymond Ibrahim FrontPageMagazine.com Father Zakaria Botros, also known as Islam’s “Public Enemy #1,” is back. Share This
Why I Read the New York Times
by Bruce S. Thornton FronpageMagazine.com I get a lot of ragging from my fellow conservatives for reading The New York Times every day. But as I tell them, you have to know how the other side thinks. Share This
Christian Girls Kidnapped and ‘Sold’
by Raymond Ibrahim FrontPageMagazine.com Two teenage Coptic girls, cousins, were recently kidnapped and then “sold” in Minya, Egypt — the same region where a Coptic church was recentlyattacked and desecrated. Share This
More Mumbais?
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner The synchronized attacks in Mumbai, by their targeting and timing, designed both to do the maximum amount of damage and to be iconic in nature, frame the recent assassination of a Karzai brother, the shake-up in American command, announced pullbacks, quite understandable curtailing of US aid to Pakistan, and
The Global Fairness Madness
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Whether in the fights over the US debt limit or the rioting in Athens, the common global theme is not poverty in absolute terms, but more often fairness — as in having about the same amount of things as others do. Share This
A Dumb and Dumber War in Libya
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Almost daily over the last four months we were told that Muammar Gadhafi was about ready to throw in the towel and give up. Share This
Al Qaeda’s Zawahiri, Bigger Threat Than Osama?
by Raymond Ibrahim Bloomberg Now that Ayman Zawahiri has assumed leadership of al Qaeda, it is important to end the widespread perception that he is a dour intellectual who is disconnected from young, would-be jihadists. Share This
St. Obama and the Debt Dragon
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media “Reckless Fiscal Policies” Why did Obama only enumerate George W. Bush’s big spending as responsible for the out-of-control $14 trillion-plus debt, while not mentioning his own contribution of $5 trillion? Share This
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.” Share This