A new saga in the assault on academic freedom unravels by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers If you’ve ever wondered how American universities can continue to allow political advocacy and indoctrination to flourish in their classrooms, consider the recent controversy over Columbia University’s department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures (MEALAC). Share This
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If the president is willing to take risks abroad, why won’t he do it at home? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Recent developments in the Middle East — whether democratic unrest in Lebanon, Syrian vows to keep within its own borders, promises of elections in Egypt, or Sunni clerics’ professions that they may
Dealing with suicide bombers–60 years ago by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Sixty years ago, the United States military invaded Okinawa on April 1, 1945, the last bastion of the Japanese maritime empire that stood in the way of an assault on the mainland. Share This
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Couldn’t evil be explained by choice? by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers The commentary on the recent murder of 9 people by a teen-aged gunman at a Minnesota Indian reservation school tells us as much about our cultural dysfunctions as do the killings themselves. Share This
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by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online With the encouraging news of change in the air in Lebanon, Egypt, and the Gulf, coupled with a solidification of democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan, there has arisen a new generation of doubters. Not all are simply gnashing their teeth that their prognostications of doom were wrong, but
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