by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Japan’s prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, is busy trying to strengthen the American alliance. In recent months, members of his government have announced new joint military arrangements with the U.S. and announced to the South Koreans that, unlike Japan, they are not to be trusted with sensitive American intelligence. Continue reading “Security Threats Warm Our Allies”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
A review of Tower of Babel. How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos by Dore Gold (Crown Forum, 2004: New York). Continue reading “Unprincipled and Inert”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
In a single day last week, in various media — the liberal International Herald Tribune and the Washington Post — the following information appeared. Continue reading “The Sorry Bunch”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
A group of citizens calling themselves the Minutemen patrols the border looking to stop illegal immigrants from entering the United States. Mexico’s president, Vicente Fox, states that Mexican migrant workers in the U.S. are “are doing jobs that not even blacks want to do.” Continue reading “Illiberal Aspects of Illegal Immigration”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Radical global power shifts have been common throughout history. For almost a millennium (800-100 BC) the Greek East, with its proximity to wealthy Asia and African markets and a dynamic Hellenism, was the nexus of Western civilization — before giving way to Rome and the western Mediterranean. Continue reading “The Global Shift”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
Every crisis is an opportunity, a time when the fissures and cracks of received wisdom and worn-out habits of thought are exposed. Continue reading “Lo, The U.N. By What Name Do We Call Thee?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The French and Dutch rebuffs of the European Union constitution will soon be followed by other rejections. Millions of proud, educated Europeans are tired of being told by unelected grandees that the mess they see is really abstract art. Continue reading “Western Liberalism Is the Only Idea Left Standing”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
The three-year-plus war that began on September 11 is the strangest conflict in our history. It is not just that the first day saw the worst attack on American soil since our creation, or that we are publicly pledged to fighting a method — “terror” — rather than the concrete enemy of Islamic fascism that employs it. Continue reading “Our Strange War: Looking Ahead, Our Options”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The recent Dan Rather and Newsweek controversies hardly seem connected. But on closer examination, both incidents symbolize what has gone wrong with traditional news organizations. Continue reading “High Noon for High News”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
The images of Muslims rampaging over rumors and unproven allegations of “Koran abuse” are troubling — but not because of the behavior of the mobs. Continue reading “Muslims Have Desecrated Bibles and Churches”