Is the U.S. better off with the Middle East as it is now than as it was before 2001? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online After September 11, there were only seven sovereign countries in the Middle East that posed a real danger to the policies and, in some cases, the security of the […]
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The thousands of illegal aliens protesting this past month have essentially been telling the American people the following: Share This
Comment on Colin S. Gray’s military history arguments for the Historical Society by Victor Davis Hanson Historically Speaking As a long admirer of Thucydides I must plead guilty to agreeing with almost all of the sensible points that Colin S. Gray has made. Share This
Things are looking up as everyone starts jumping ship. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online It is common now to hear of an American Middle East policy in shambles. And why not, given the daily mayhem that is televised from the West Bank, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and the overt threats of Iranian President Ahmadinej(ih)ad?
The use and abuse of popular culture’s favorite victim. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers As if there isn’t enough evidence of the ideological corruption of America’s universities, along come Chicago’s John Mearsheimer and Harvard’s Stephen Walt, arguing that the “Israel lobby” dominates American foreign policy to the hurt of our own national interests. Share This
Economy’s revitalization shows patterns ancient and modern by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The most vibrant cities of the Roman Empire were often not found in Europe. Many were located along the southern and eastern Mediterranean and Aegean, such as Leptis Magna, Ephesus and Pergamum. Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson Claremont Review of Books [This piece appeared in the Spring 2006 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.] The three weeks of Muslim rage across France during autumn 2005 brought Schadenfreude to many Americans. Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson Claremont Review of Books [This piece appeared in the Spring 2006 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.] Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services In the fierce debate over illegal immigration, the particular terms used by those who argue our porous borders are not a serious problem can tell us a lot. Share This
Public discontent serves the man at home not the soldier in the field. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Like jackals sniffing a wounded antelope, a pack of retired generals are circling Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, calling for him to resign for bungling the war in Iraq by allegedly interfering in military matters and ignoring