Our Two-Front Struggle

Pre-modern plus postmodern equals riots in Afghanistan. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online One recent Newsweek story alleged — or fabricated — that a single Koran was desecrated by an American soldier in Guantanamo Bay. Share This

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Suicidal Tendencies in the West

Tolerance unreciprocated leaves the West vulnerable. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Last week riots broke out in Afghanistan and Pakistan over an unfounded rumor, irresponsibly published by Newsweek magazine, that an American interrogator had flushed a Koran down the toilet. Share This

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Footnote

Criticism and correction on numbers of protesters in Holland by Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers Recently, in response to “Remembering World War II,” readers from the Netherlands wrote to suggest that my reference to “thousands” of Dutch protesting President Bush’s arrival in Holland was in error, and contradicted their own first-hand observations, two of which

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A Quick Fix–Do Your Own Dishes

by Victor Davis Hanson Los Angeles Times Open borders are a disaster. They undermine respect for the law, imperil homeland security, allow Mexico to export its apparently unwanted people rather than embrace much-needed economic reform, and preclude unionization by poorer, entry-level American workers. Share This

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Reconsidering Tenure

Its time has come by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Tenure in our universities is simply unlike any other institution in American society. Take the case of Ward Churchill at the University of Colorado. Because of his inflammatory slander of the September 11 victims, the public turned its attention to his status. Share This

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How the ‘Cowboys’ of the West Defeated the Nazis

by Victor Davis Hanson Wall Street Journal This article appeared in the Wall Street Journal on May 9, 2005. President Bush is in Moscow’s Red Square today, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany on May 8, 1945. Less than four years earlier, Hitler had declared war on the “cowboys” of the U.S. following Japan’s

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Energy Compromises?

by Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers A shorter version of this essay recently appeared in the National Post (Toronto). We must be careful in warning about an ‘energy crisis,’ since past Cassandras-of-doom have been habitually proven wrong by new oil finds and continual fuel savings through novel technologies. Share This

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