Total Silence
Conquest reveals Western “traitors to the human mind.” by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers I’ve been reading one of the great works of recent history, Robert Conquest’s Reflections on a Ravaged Century. Share This
Traitors to the Enlightenment
Europe turns its back on Socrates, Locke, et al. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The first Western Enlightenment of the Greek fifth-century B.C. sought to explain natural phenomena through reason rather than superstition alone. Ethics were to be discussed in the realm of logic as well as religion. Share This
The New Anti-Semitism
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Hating Jews, on racial as well as religious grounds, is as old as the Roman destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Later in Europe, pogroms and the Holocaust were the natural devolution of that elemental venom. Share This
Islamic Fascism 101
On all they’ve done to earn the name. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Make no apologies for the use of “Islamic fascism.” It is the perfect nomenclature for the agenda of radical Islam, for a variety of historical and scholarly reasons. That such usage also causes extreme embarrassment to both the Islamists themselves
Warning: Quote History at Your Own Risk
The Pope’s Remark Revisited by Raymond Ibrahim Private Papers The Pope is under attack. Once again, riots, demonstrations, and “retaliations” have sparked throughout the Muslim world. Share This
Democratic Hares: No Match for Steady Republican Policy
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Despite their dreams of recapturing one or both houses of Congress this November, the Democrats seem determined to reprise their poor showings in 2002 and 2004. Share This
Islam’s Appeal
Or, Boys will be Boys by Raymond Ibrahim Private Papers If seeing Arab, Pakistani, or other “ethnic” Muslims menacingly wave their hands while lambasting the West is nothing strange, seeing homegrown, non-accented Western converts doing the same thing is. Share This
Osama’s 9/11 Anniversary
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services In speeches leading up to the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11, President Bush focused on the dangers of Islamic fascism and the efforts, both at home and abroad, to combat them. Share This
Dearest Illusions and Dangerous Mistakes
by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers In 1944 F. A. Hayek wrote in The Road to Serfdom, “The number of dangerous mistakes we have made before and since the outbreak of the war because we do not understand the opponent with whom we are faced is appalling. Share This
Those Saudi Students
It’s not irrational to be wary of this deal. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online On the fifth-year anniversary of September 11, 15,000 Saudi Arabian students are supposedly on their way to the United States. The State Department, and cash-hungry universities eager for premium out-of-state tuition payments, are understandably delighted at the return of