Decline And Fall
A review of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Viking, 592 pp., $29.95). Share This
A review of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Viking, 592 pp., $29.95). Share This
But don’t forget the rules of the strange conflict! by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online If we look back at the war that started on September 11, there have emerged some general rules that should guide us in the next treacherous round of the struggle against Islamic fascism, the autocracies that aid and abet
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services During the papal interregnum, divided Catholics await the new Holy Father to guide them in their third millennium, in which clergy in Roman-era headdresses send press releases via e-mail. Share This
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On the “seeming insanity” of U.S. immigration and assimilation practices Interview by Marvin Olasky World Magazine Marvin Olasky interviewed Victor Davis Hanson for World Magazine. WORLD’S INTRODUCTION: If you can only read one book on the immigration issue, read Mexifornia (Encounter Books, 2003), which author Victor Davis Hanson accurately describes as “part melancholy remembrance of a world gone by,
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A litany of past failure by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Brent Scowcroft predicted on the eve of the Iraqi elections that voting there would increase the risk of civil war. Indeed, he foresaw “a great potential for deepening the conflict.” He also once assured us that Iraq “could become a Vietnam in a
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Hanson comments on topics from the Iraqi war to decline of the West The American Enterprise Professor Hanson was interviewed for TAE by Los Angeles journalist David Isaac. Share This
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by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Americans grew up with kind feelings toward the United Nations. Many remain nostalgic about their childhood UNESCO Halloween buckets and UNICEF Christmas cards. Such goodwill explains why we host the organization and cover a quarter of its operating budget. Share This
A new saga in the assault on academic freedom unravels by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers If you’ve ever wondered how American universities can continue to allow political advocacy and indoctrination to flourish in their classrooms, consider the recent controversy over Columbia University’s department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures (MEALAC). Share This
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If the president is willing to take risks abroad, why won’t he do it at home? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Recent developments in the Middle East — whether democratic unrest in Lebanon, Syrian vows to keep within its own borders, promises of elections in Egypt, or Sunni clerics’ professions that they may
Dealing with suicide bombers–60 years ago by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Sixty years ago, the United States military invaded Okinawa on April 1, 1945, the last bastion of the Japanese maritime empire that stood in the way of an assault on the mainland. Share This
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