All the Wrong Reasons

Zawahiri’s democracy may be just what the Persian President needs. by Raymond Ibrahim Private Papers Iran and the U.S., who may otherwise be on a collision-course, share one common goal: promoting democracy in Iraq.  Share This

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Moving On

Rhetoric at war with reality. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Recently George Bush met hostile crowds and a critical press during a 34-nation Summit of the Americas. Share This

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Reconsidering Farm Policy

Why the government should stop subsidizing agri-business. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The European Union says it’s now considering reducing agricultural subsidies for farmers (if the United States does as well), and our government, to its credit, is calling the E.U.’s bluff. The U.S. has proposed cutting farm subsidies here by 60 percent

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Old is “New” Warfare

Iraq conflict shares uncanny likenesses with the Peloponnesian War by Victor Davis Hanson National Post Listen to what the talking heads are saying, and it’s easy to believe that we have entered an entirely new era of armed conflict. Share This

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The Real Global Virus

The plague of Islamism keeps on spreading. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Either the jihadists really are crazy or they apparently think that they have a shot at destabilizing, or at least winning concessions from, the United States, Europe, India, and Russia all at once. Share This

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Symposium on Iraq

Why our new idealism is enlightened Jacksonianism. by Victor Davis Hanson Commentary Magazine According to opinion polls, most Americans are now critical of the President’s foreign policy. They are uncertain not merely over the daily fare of explosions in Iraq. Share This

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Our Damocles’ Sword

Godless materialism menaces the fate of the West. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers The past week Muslim mobs besieged Christians in Egypt, defacing six churches and threatening publicly the Coptic Church’s highest cleric. Share This

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Moralizing in Their Sleep

Why U.S. critics turn a blind eye to atrocities by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services To paraphrase the Ancient Greeks, it is easy to be moral in your sleep. Abstract ethics or soapbox lectures demanding superhuman perfection mean little without deeds. Share This

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