by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The news media seem obsessed with the serial affairs of a younger Newt Gingrich back in the last century. Continue reading “Fidelity and the Presidency”
Tag: Mainstream Media
The Unlearned Lessons of Daniel Pearl’s Murder
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
Ten years ago this week, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by Islamic terrorists in Pakistan, after he had been lured into what he thought was an interview with Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani about the links between al Qaeda and the “shoe bomber” Richard Reid. Continue reading “The Unlearned Lessons of Daniel Pearl’s Murder”
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”
Iraq’s Christians Near Extinction
by Raymond Ibrahim
FrontPage Magazine
A recent Fox News report tells of how “a rash of attacks on Christian-owned businesses in northern Iraq has raised troubling questions about the future safety of the country’s shrinking Christian community, particularly as US forces withdraw completely from the nation they’ve refereed since 2003.” Continue reading “Iraq’s Christians Near Extinction”
What Does Romney Really Think About Vietnam?
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
Mitt Romney recently said something on Fox News Sunday that raises questions about his understanding of history and its pertinence for foreign policy. In the course of talking about the war in Iraq and the “lessons learned” from that conflict and its “errors,” Romney responded to a question about an incident from his father’s brief 1967-68 run for the Republican nomination. Continue reading “What Does Romney Really Think About Vietnam?”
A Novel VDH
Reliving the fall of Sparta: An interview.
by Katheryn Jean Lopez
National Review Online
Victor Davis Hanson, known as VDH to his fans, has a new book out. This time, it’s a novel, The End of Sparta. He talked with National Review Online’s Kathryn Jean Lopez about the Greeks and the novel. Continue reading “A Novel VDH”
Conspiracy Theory Shuts Down Great Pyramid
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
According to the Associated Press, “Egypt’s antiquities authority closed the largest of the Giza pyramids Friday following rumors that groups would try to hold spiritual ceremonies on the site at 11:11 A.M. on Nov. 11, 2011…. Continue reading “Conspiracy Theory Shuts Down Great Pyramid”
The News Behind the News: From Herman Cain to Blue Wall Street
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
It Doesn’t Add Up
Here are some things in the daily news that do not quite make sense. Continue reading “The News Behind the News: From Herman Cain to Blue Wall Street”
Did 2008 Come True?
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The Right-Wing Complaint of 2008
In 2008, the following was the general right-wing argument against Obama’s candidacy: Continue reading “Did 2008 Come True?”
Liberal Indulgences
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Medieval Liberalism
Recently I saw some TV clips from MSNBC and CNN, one critiquing Herman Cain, the other an interview with Michael Moore. Continue reading “Liberal Indulgences”