The New Fascism

Frightening extremist rhetoric from America’s critics.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Watching televised clips from a recent pro-Palestinian rally in Washington, along with other such demonstrations over the last few weeks, can be a chilling experience. Continue reading “The New Fascism”

Israel’s Ajax: The Tragedy of Mr. Sharon

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Sophocles once wrote a magnificent play about the Greeks’ greatest fighter at Troy after Achilles — Ajax, as irreplaceable in war as he proved expendable in peace. Continue reading “Israel’s Ajax: The Tragedy of Mr. Sharon”

The World Upside Down

From the unthinkable to the passe in an instant.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Battle begins to take on a logic of its own, as the world itself does not stop at the sound of gunfire, but in fact goes on — and on, and on each day, peeling off an old layer of dogma and exposing raw truth. Continue reading “The World Upside Down”

Its a Mad, Mad World

Let us count the ways

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

The Palestinian Authority and spokesmen from the Arab world are now advancing a new party line by comparing their own struggle to our American Revolution — with overt associations between the Founding Fathers and Mr. Arafat and his associates! Continue reading “Its a Mad, Mad World”

Wishing War Away?

It’s not as uncommon as we pretend

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Unfortunately, wars are not as rare as lasting periods of peace. More people have perished in conflict since the Second World War than the 60 million who died during that horrific bloodletting. Continue reading “Wishing War Away?”

Do We Want Mexifornia?

The flood of illegal immigration into California raises urgent questions that the whole nation must face.

by Victor Davis Hanson

City Journal

Thousands arrive illegally from Mexico into California each year—and the state is now home to fully 40 percent of America’s immigrants, legal and illegal. Continue reading “Do We Want Mexifornia?”

Postmoderns Palestine

The new amorality in the Middle East

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

There is a postmodern amorality afloat — the dividend of years of an American educational system in which historical ignorance, cultural relativism, and well-intentioned theory, in place of cold facts, has reigned. Continue reading “Postmoderns Palestine”

The 1930’s, Again

A hard rain is going to fall.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

In some ways in our war against the terrorists we are like the democracies of the late 1930s. Continue reading “The 1930’s, Again”

Palestine Pretense and Israel Reality

What the world knows, but can’t say, to be true/

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

A common theme throughout classical literature is the role of pretext (prophasis) contrasted with the actual cause of complaint (aitia) — the great divide between what aggrieved people say publicly and what they feel privately. Continue reading “Palestine Pretense and Israel Reality”

Questions: Making Sense of the World

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

One of the advantages of living in relative isolation on a farm is the opportunity to ponder idle questions when there are few experts around to give the proper answers. Continue reading “Questions: Making Sense of the World”