by Raymond Ibrahim
PJ Media
Uncovering the truth is always a convoluted affair when it comes to the Middle East. Consider the case of the Egyptian Nagla Iman. Is she a Muslim woman who advocates the sexual harassment of Jewish women, or a Christian woman, who advocates human rights — especially for fellow women of all faiths? Continue reading “The Strange–and Tragic–Case of Nagla Imam”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The Democrats will probably suffer historic losses in both the House and Senate in less than 60 days. The 11th-hour campaigning of the now-unpopular Barack Obama on behalf of endangered congressional candidates will not change much. In fact, most embattled Democratic candidates don’t want the president to even set foot in their districts. Continue reading “October Suprises”
by Raymond Ibrahim
PJ Media
In a recent article appearing in Tablet, Lee Smith takes former House speaker Newt Gingrich to task for the latter’s focus on sharia (i.e., Islamic law). Continue reading “Is Newt Gingrich Wrong to Talk About Sharia?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
RightNetwork.com
I was on a flight to Hillsdale College to lecture on, of all things, misinterpreting Gen. George S. Patton. Suddenly after an early morning take-off, a furious American Airlines pilot came on the intercom, relaying a weird story about some fool in a light private plane who had crashed into the World Trade Center, and so shut down the system — wrecking our flight way out here in the Central Valley of California. Continue reading “Nine Eleven and the Man with a Bullhorn”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
I Would Be Miffed Too If I Were Obama
Obama in just twenty months has developed a reputation for being petulant, unusually sensitive to the normal run-of-the-mill criticism. His latest pushback was his strangest so far: “And they’re not always happy with me. They talk about me like a dog. That’s not in my prepared remarks, it’s just — but it’s true.” Continue reading “‘Like a Dog’: The Origins of Barack Obama’s Petulance”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
In just 20 months, President Obama’s polls have crashed. From near 70 percent approval, they have fallen to well below 50 percent. Over 70 percent of the public disapproves of the Democratically controlled Congress. Continue reading “Our Waning Obama Worship”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Since we seem now to be ruled during this administration by former professors, here is a rant about what I have learned of the university. Continue reading “We Are Ruled by Professors”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The post-Cold War new world order is rapidly breaking apart. Nations are returning to the ancient passions, rivalries and differences of past centuries. Continue reading “The New World Order”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Why We Suddenly Miss Bush
Various polls report that George W. Bush in some states is now better liked than President Obama. Even some liberal pundits call for Bush, the now long-missed moderate, to draw on his recognized tolerance and weigh in on the Ground Zero mosque or the Arizona anti-immigration legislation. Continue reading “‘Bush… Come Back, Bush, Come Back’”
Interview by Jamie Glazov
FrontPage Magazine
Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Victor Davis Hanson, a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the author, most recently, of The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern. Continue reading “Obama’s Teachable Mosque Moment”