Why the United Nations is sinking fast. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers A review of Tower of Babel. How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos by Dore Gold (Crown Forum, 2004: New York). Share This
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Listen and learn from our enemies. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online In a single day last week, in various media — the liberal International Herald Tribune and the Washington Post — the following information appeared. Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services A group of citizens calling themselves the Minutemen patrols the border looking to stop illegal immigrants from entering the United States. Mexico’s president, Vicente Fox, states that Mexican migrant workers in the U.S. are “are doing jobs that not even blacks want to do.” Share This
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The world will soon better appreciate the United States by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Radical global power shifts have been common throughout history. For almost a millennium (800-100 BC) the Greek East, with its proximity to wealthy Asia and African markets and a dynamic Hellenism, was the nexus of Western civilization — before
Failed, useless, dubious, impotent, pernicious, morally exhausted . . . by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Every crisis is an opportunity, a time when the fissures and cracks of received wisdom and worn-out habits of thought are exposed. Share This
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by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The French and Dutch rebuffs of the European Union constitution will soon be followed by other rejections. Millions of proud, educated Europeans are tired of being told by unelected grandees that the mess they see is really abstract art. Share This
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by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The three-year-plus war that began on September 11 is the strangest conflict in our history. It is not just that the first day saw the worst attack on American soil since our creation, or that we are publicly pledged to fighting a method — “terror” — rather than
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by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The recent Dan Rather and Newsweek controversies hardly seem connected. But on closer examination, both incidents symbolize what has gone wrong with traditional news organizations. Share This
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So what is all the mob angst over the Koran? by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers The images of Muslims rampaging over rumors and unproven allegations of “Koran abuse” are troubling — but not because of the behavior of the mobs. Share This
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by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Not long ago Pepsi Cola’s chief operating officer, Indra Nooyi, gave anaddress to the graduating class at Columbia Business School. In it, she metaphorically likened America to the middle finger on the global hand. Share This
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