by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
Iran’s 30-year war against the United States may be reaching its decisive moment. Signs of the worsening crisis abound. Continue reading “The Case for Military Action Against Iran”
Tag: Dark Ages
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 take, I am not so much interested in chronicling the flotsam and jetsam as in fathoming whether there is some ideology that drives it. Continue reading “A Vandalized Valley”
Strangers in a Familiar Land
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
High-Speed Rail?
California sits in a time warp. Despite tax hikes that make our roughly 10% income tax and 10% sales tax among the highest in the nation, there is little to show for it during the last forty years. Continue reading “Strangers in a Familiar Land”
Zero Jobs 101: The Psychology of Alienating Employers
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
There Is No There There
Zero jobs last month — a net change of zero job growth? It was just announced that last month’s unemployment is still above 9% — despite the nearly five trillion dollars in Keynesian pump-priming, the near zero interest rates, the expanded unemployment and food stamp support, and the government takeovers and subsidies of businesses. Continue reading “Zero Jobs 101: The Psychology of Alienating Employers”
Post-9/11 -Isms and -Ologies: A Look Back at a Decade
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The Never-ending Day
Like millions of Americans, I did not sleep much on the night of September 11. Continue reading “Post-9/11 -Isms and -Ologies: A Look Back at a Decade”
A Tottering Technocracy
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
We are witnessing a widespread crisis of faith in our progressive guardians of the last 30 years. Continue reading “A Tottering Technocracy”
The Fragility of Complex Societies
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Thoughts on Japan
There is no more ordered, successful and humane urban society than found in Japan. Continue reading “The Fragility of Complex Societies”