Diplomatic Supping with Jihadist Devils
by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine While Western diplomats wring their hands over trivial insults to Islam, a slow-motion genocide of Christians has been unfolding in the Muslim world. Share This
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What Does Romney Really Think About Vietnam?
by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine Mitt Romney recently said something on Fox News Sunday that raises questions about his understanding of history and its pertinence for foreign policy. In the course of talking about the war in Iraq and the “lessons learned” from that conflict and its “errors,” Romney responded to a question about an incident from his
Newt Challenges the Myth of Palestinian Nationalism
by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine Newt Gingrich touched off a mini-firestorm when he told a Jewish television channel that the Palestinians are an “invented” people “who are in fact Arabs,” and “who were historically part of the Arab community.” Share This
Panetta’s Failure of Imagination: The Defense Secretary Gives Israel a ‘Turn of the Screw’
by Bruce S. Thronton FrontPage Magazine Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s “chiding” of Israel, as the Washington Postput it, was a strange performance, so muddled in its ignorance of fact and logic that one wonders if the Secretary was attempting some rhetorical misdirection to lull our enemies into complacency. Share This
Moral Equivalence Is Moral Evasion
by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine The failure of the Congressional budget “super-committee” to address our geometrically expanding debt and deficits should surprise no one. Share This
The Arab Winter Approaches
by Bruce S. Thornton Defining Ideas The revolutions against Arab autocracies — dubbed the “Arab Spring” — have been greeted in America with bipartisan celebration. Share This
Despicable Israel Libels on Display in California Universities
by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine The moral and intellectual corruption of American universities has recently manifested itself in the California State University system, the largest in the country. Share This
The True Significance of Herman Cain’s Sexual Harassment Troubles
by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine We can’t say much about the veracity of the sexual harassment complaints leveled against Herman Cain 15 years ago, given the lack of specific detail or even the names of the accusers. Share This
Blame Our Failing Schools for Occupy Wall Street
by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine Having taught in a state university for thirty years, I’m not surprised by the ignorance on display among the Occupy Wall Street protestors. Share This
The Pathology of Double Standards
by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine The surreal moral idiocy that characterizes hatred of Israel is illustrated daily by states whose actions are shrugged away by the international media. Share This