Denial of the Truth
Is UCLAProfs end academic freedom or McCarthyism? by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers The politicizing of the American university is a fact. Share This
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Truce or Taqiyyah
The Koran, Islamic tradition and al Qaeda’s leadership shed light on bin Laden’s offer. by Raymond Ibrahim Private Papers Osama bin Laden is apparently certain that the vast majority of Americans, including their policy-makers, are ignorant of al-Qaeda’s goals and strategies. Share This
Making Sense of Nonsense
Understanding what we’re in. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The United States is engaged in the most radical and dangerous gambit in the Middle East since the end of the Ottoman Empire. Share This
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Hooked on Oil
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services For the foreseeable future, petroleum will power the global economy. There is far too little of it to go around — especially now that 2 billion Chinese and Indians are in the market. And the resulting scramble for oil warps all reason and common sense. Share This
Bad Science
“Therapism” offers an unsavory salve for emotional trauma. by Bruce S. Thornton Commentary A review of One Nation Under Therapy. How the Helping Culture is Eroding Self-Reliance by Christina Hoff Sommers and Sally Satel (St. Martin’s Press, 310pp, $23.95). Share This
The Multilateral Moment?
Our bad and worse choices about Iran. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Multilateralism good; preemption and unilateralism bad.” Share This
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Tweaking the United States
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services As the Iranian nuclear threat continues to grow, neither the United States nor Israel are eager to be damned by the global community for sending in bombers to take out Tehran’s dispersed and hard-to-find subterranean nuclear factories. Share This
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Reflection on 1862
War critics offer nothing new in 2006 by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers History, the Roman historian Livy said, is the best medicine for a troubled mind. Share This
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A Letter to the Europeans
Cry the beloved continent. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Despite the bitter recrimination and growing rift between you and us, most Americans have not forgotten that a strong, confident Europe is still critical to the material and spiritual well being of the United States. Share This
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Hollywood’s Misunderstood Terrorists
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services When terrorism goes to the movies in the post-Sept. 11 world, we might expect the plots, characters and themes to reflect some sort of believable reality. But in Hollywood, the politically correct impulse now overrides all else. Even the spectacular pyrotechnics, beautiful people and accomplished acting cannot hide
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