by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services In Paris last week, the smoke of riot and fire arose from a West Bank-style intifada of angry Muslim youths. The ports of Spain were shut down by a fishermen’s blockade. Hostage ships were freed only after the irate blockaders won more government fuel subsidies. Share This
An interview by Frontpage Magazine Private Papers Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Victor Davis Hanson, director emeritus of the classics program at California State University, Fresno, and currently a classicist and military historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of The Western Way of War, The Wars of the Ancient Greeks, The Soul of
Zawahiri’s democracy may be just what the Persian President needs. by Raymond Ibrahim Private Papers Iran and the U.S., who may otherwise be on a collision-course, share one common goal: promoting democracy in Iraq. Share This
Rhetoric at war with reality. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Recently George Bush met hostile crowds and a critical press during a 34-nation Summit of the Americas. Share This
by Bruce S. Thornton The New Individualist This copyrighted article first appeared in the July 2005 issue of The New Individualist [http://www.objectivistcenter.org/navigator/index.asp], and is reprinted by permission. Share This
Why the government should stop subsidizing agri-business. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The European Union says it’s now considering reducing agricultural subsidies for farmers (if the United States does as well), and our government, to its credit, is calling the E.U.’s bluff. The U.S. has proposed cutting farm subsidies here by 60 percent
Iraq conflict shares uncanny likenesses with the Peloponnesian War by Victor Davis Hanson National Post Listen to what the talking heads are saying, and it’s easy to believe that we have entered an entirely new era of armed conflict. Share This
The plague of Islamism keeps on spreading. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Either the jihadists really are crazy or they apparently think that they have a shot at destabilizing, or at least winning concessions from, the United States, Europe, India, and Russia all at once. Share This
We need to get serious about keeping our enemies out. by Victor Davis Hanson City Journal In September, federal prosecutors charged illegal alien Mahmoud Maawad, 29, with wire fraud and fraudulent use of a Social Security number. Share This
Why our new idealism is enlightened Jacksonianism. by Victor Davis Hanson Commentary Magazine According to opinion polls, most Americans are now critical of the President’s foreign policy. They are uncertain not merely over the daily fare of explosions in Iraq. Share This