American Culture: The Truth About 40 Years in the Movies
by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers As New York Times critic A.O. Scott wrote recently, forty years ago this summer the movie that changed the movies premiered. Share This
The Dangers of Education
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Presidential aspirant Mike Gravel recently opined on the advantages of having gays in the military: “…the Spartans trained their people to be homosexuals because they were better fighters.” Share This
Anglo-American Alliance?
“The British have basically been defeated in the South.” by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner We’ve come a long way from the 2003 British lectures about American obtrusive Ray-Bans and Kevlar losing what British soft hats and smiles had won. Share This
Surging Politics
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Critics of the U.S. troop “surge” in Iraq, called for by President George Bush in January, early on cited American losses and then announced the plan’s failure. Supporters, on the other hand, have seen progress from new tactics (which, many argue, should have been adopted far earlier). Share
Post-Surge Dialectics
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner The larger question that will await General Petraeus is not just the tempo of the surge per se — after all, given the efficacy of the U.S. military it can pretty much do what it wishes if it is willing to invest sufficient amounts of time, material, and manpower,
Flying Imams: John Doe Provision in Perspective
by Raymond Ibrahim Private Papers As a 6’3”, 250-pound weightlifter of Middle Eastern descent, who sometimes wears a full beard, seldom wears a (perfunctory) smile, and who’s last name is “Ibrahim” — a name that sometimes appears in rather “unflattering” headlines, such as the recent attacks in Glasgow — I don’t mind telling you that,
Get a Life, Middle East
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Radical Islamists love to scream about the “decadent” West. Everything from our operas to our attitudes about women outrage these loud pious critics. Share This
Popularity Contest
Why they hate us, and like, us. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The latest Pew poll of June 2007 purports to offer a comprehensive survey of what the world thinks of the United States. Share This
Armies for Democracy–Past, Present, and Future
Has a grand tradition of “military liberalism” come to a dead end in Iraq? by Victor Davis Hanson American Spectator I. Distrusting the Military The complex and somewhat ill-defined relationship between the military establishment and constitutional government is a subject that has made many Americans uncomfortable, especially in the modern era when the United States
Back to the Future in the Middle East
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services If Gen. David Petraeus can’t stabilize Iraq by autumn — or if Americans decide to pull out of Iraq before he gets a fair chance — expect far worse chaos eventually to follow. Share This