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. Continue reading “Iran on the Brink”
Postmodern Populism
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Newt Gingrich soaring in the polls 90 days ago — with an inspired strategy of critiquing Obama, reprimanding the left-wing media during the debates, playing down his ego while showing mastery of the issues, and calling for an end to internecine bickering — stumbled for a while under the natural negative ads that always target the perceived front runner of the moment. Did he not expect that? Continue reading “Postmodern Populism”
Far from the Madding Islamists’ Ignoble Strife
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
Review of Militant Islamist Ideology: Understanding the Global Threat by Youssef Aboul-Enein (Naval Institute Press, 2010. 288 pp.). Continue reading “Far from the Madding Islamists’ Ignoble Strife”
2011: Out with a Whimper, Not a Bang
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
It proved as hard to break up the bankrupt European Union as it was to create it. Continue reading “2011: Out with a Whimper, Not a Bang”
Being There–the Obama Sequel
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Rip Van Obama
President Obama went into a deep slumber in December. When he woke up this January, he found himself back even in the polls, with neither a press conference nor another overhyped presidential televised address to be heard. Continue reading “Being There–the Obama Sequel”
Islam’s Slave-Soldiers Return to Egypt
by Raymond Ibrahim
Stonegate Institute
The myths of a “patriotic” or “altruistic” Egyptian military carefully protecting the “rights” of its citizenry — the narrative of the mainstream media of the January 25 Revolution — are long gone. Continue reading “Islam’s Slave-Soldiers Return to Egypt”
2012: Crisis and Opportunity Await
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
This year will be a time of crisis and opportunity. The incompetence of President Obama is now manifest to all but his most devoted followers, who remain trapped in their progressive Jonestown, chanting the bankrupt mantra of “hope and change” as they stir the vats of government Kool-Aid. Continue reading “2012: Crisis and Opportunity Await”
Goodbye, Mr. Hitchens
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
I used to talk with Christopher Hitchens from time to time between 2003 and 2010. But as in the case of most who knew him, I was an acquaintance of someone with far more acquaintances than I had. Continue reading “Goodbye, Mr. Hitchens”
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.” Continue reading “The New Old Europe”
The No News Stories of 2011
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The German Stereotype
There were lots of stories that left a lot unsaid. The Germany/EU debt imbroglio was one of them. Continue reading “The No News Stories of 2011”