Conflicted Europe

To build confidence Europe needs to stand alone. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services After the 2000 elections, George W. Bush became president without a majority vote. Many Europeans snickered at the sorry spectacle of the world’s oldest continuous democracy devolving into Third-World election chaos. Few critics cared to hear about the nature of […]

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Saddam in 2005!

Just imagine a different Iraq… by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Saddam promises more bounties for suicide bombers in Rather interview Share This

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Ivory Cower

University presidents have lost their dignity. by Victor Davis Hanson Claremont Review of Books Whether or not you agreed with them, university presidents used to be dignified figures on the American scene. Share This

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Today’s Euro-USA Split Will Persist

by Victor Davis Hanson The American Enterprise The new chasm between Europe and the United States seems to widen still — even as transatlantic diplomats assure us that it has narrowed — despite a common heritage and a supposedly shared goal of global democracy, free markets, and defeating terrorists. Share This

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Chaos in Gaza

Abbas must defeat terrorists to avoid gangland politics. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services After the Israelis’ recent pullout from the Gaza Strip, chaos broke out. Greenhouses that had been purchased by international agencies for future Palestinian use were ransacked by the beneficiaries. Violent fights over looted equipment escalated among squatters, the government and

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Webchat with VDH

VDH answers questions from international on-like questioners about U.S. foreign policy [Transcript of September 21, 2005 Webchat with U.S. Department of State. This moderated chat was conducted by the U.S. State Department International Information Programs.  For more information, please click U.S. Department of State’s International Information Programs] The IIP article about this chat is available in the U.S.

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Strategy, Strategy Everywhere…

…but not a drop of memory. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online In widespread public exasperation, everyone now has the answer for Iraq, but also a strange amnesia about why we are doing what we are doing. Share This

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Sobriety Lost

How our newspapers create opinion and report it. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Imagine that you started receiving letters in the mail accusing your neighbor of being a child molester. Share This

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Our Media Hurricane

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Remember all of this about Hurricane Katrina? Share This

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Our Rock of Sisyphus

How goes our hard labor in Iraq? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Where does the United States stand in its so-called global war against terror, four years after the September 11 attack? The news is both encouraging and depressing all at once. Share This

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