Iraq Through the Looking Glass
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Most Americans will support President Obama’s call for patience in Afghanistan and his policy of continuing the long-planned drawdown in Iraq. Share This
America–Compared to What?
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media While America debates whether a “bridge-building” Imam Rauf should erect his $100-million, 13-story outreach “Islamic complex” (is the name “Cordoba House” now officially to be dropped? And if so, could Mr. Rauf or the media explain why?) next to Ground Zero, Islam seems to be at war with most
The Sources of American Anger
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Behind the anger over the Arizona immigration mess, the Ground Zero mosque, the economy, and the new directions in foreign policy are some recurring general themes that reverberate in each particular new controversy. Share This
The Dangerous Dog Days of Summer
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Historian Barbara Tuchman characterized the events leading up to World War I as the “Guns of August.” Share This
With a Whimper or a Bang–or Not at All?
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Are We Tottering? Societies can sometimes implode abruptly, like the Mycenaeans from mysterious causes, the Aztecs before Cortés, or the Zulu nation in 1879 — or gradually and insidiously, such as Rome in the latter fifth century BC or Britain between 1946 and 1960. Share This
The Allawi Dance
The Iraqi minister’s new book quivers and vacillate on Islamic culture. by Raymond Ibrahim Middle East Quarterly A review of The Crisis of Islamic Civilization by Ali A. Allawi (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009. 304 pp.). Share This
‘Islam Idiots’?
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner One might understand why Newsweek recently sold for a dollar and apparently went the way of Harper’s from David A. Graham’s “The Islam Idiots.” Share This
Top Muslims Condemn Ground Zero Mosque as a ‘Zionist Conspiracy’
by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media In a recent article, I argued that the Ground Zero mosque is counterproductive to Islam. Share This
Please, No More Teachable Moments
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The president of the United States has it hard enough without needlessly wading into, and fanning, local controversies. Share This
The Enigma of Our Age: From Arizona to Ground Zero
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media The recent controversies over the Ground Zero mosque and Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration law are windows into our collective souls. Think of the paradoxes. Share This