Weaponized Romanticism
by Craig Bernthal Private Papers At the beginning of the 20th century, T. E. Hulme, in his great essay “Romanticism v. Classicism” defined Romanticism as “spilt religion.” Share This
Religion
Saudi Grand Mufti Calls for “Destruction of All Churches in Region”
by Raymond Ibrahim Jihad Watch According to several Arabic news sources, last Monday, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, declared that it is “necessary to destroy all the churches of the region.” Share This
Obama, ‘Son of Islam’?
by Raymond Ibrahim Stonegate Institute Many in the media are indignant with Reverend Franklin Graham, head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Invited on “Morning Joe” last Tuesday to discuss Christian persecution, the hosts turned the focus to interrogating Graham on whether he thought President Barack Obama was Christian or not. Share This
Another Disgraceful Apology Frenzy
by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine Two recent news stories about Afghanistan reveal the delusional mentality of those conducting our foreign policy. Share This
Iran on the Brink
by Bruce S. Thornton Defining Ideas Just in the last few months, events have hastened to a crisis in Iran’s long confrontation with the West. Share This
The New Old Europe
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Nearly ten years ago, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld provoked outrage by referring to “Old Europe.” Share This
A Vandalized Valley
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online I am starting to feel as if I am living in a Vandal state, perhaps on the frontier near Carthage around AD 530, or in a beleaguered Rome in 455. Here are some updates from the rural area surrounding my farm, taken from about a 30-mile radius. In this
Collective Punishment: “Wherever You Can Reach Them”
by Raymond Ibrahim Hudson New York During a recent altercation in Egypt, a Christian inadvertently killed a Muslim. This incident, according to an AINA report, “turned into collective punishment of all Copts in the majority Christian village.” 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
Romney: The Castor-Oil Candidate
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Nominating Mitt Romney is sort of like taking Grandma’s castor oil. Republicans are dreading the thought of downing their unpleasant-tasting medicine but worry that sooner or later they will have to. Share This