Clifford D. May

Hamas supporters’ ignorance is appalling

Veteran newsman Brit Hume noted over the weekend that he's been watching interviews with students participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations and has found them "truly discouraging."

November 14, 2023

Hamas vs. Western civilization

"Hey hey, ho ho, Western Civ has got to go." That chant, frequently heard on American college campuses in the 1980s, protested courses on Greece, Rome, the Renaissance and the Enlightenment.

November 7, 2023

Iran is globalizing second war against the Jews

World War II was also "The War Against the Jews." But the Nazis took pains to conceal the fact that their goal was the extermination of Europe's Jewish communities.

October 31, 2023

Hopeless on Gaza: No decent person can support terrorism and genocide

On Sept. 11, 2001, some of al Qaeda's victims jumped from the World Trade Center. Better to fall to their deaths than be consumed by hellish flames.

October 24, 2023

Saving Gazan lives would require only two words: ‘We surrender’

Much of the media is now moving briskly on from the atrocities committed by Hamas with Tehran's assistance -- the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust -- to the plight of Gazans.

October 17, 2023

Hamas terrorists’ 21st-century pogrom

More than a thousand Hamas terrorists invaded Israel from Gaza over the weekend. They slaughtered farmers on their kibbutzim, massacred teenagers attending an outdoor concert, desecrated the bodies of raped and murdered women, and stole children from their homes.

October 9, 2023

10 reasons conservatives should not oppose further military aid to Ukraine

In 2011, President Barack Obama withdrew all U.S. troops from Iraq.

October 3, 2023

U.S. enemies and adversaries reveal intentions at United Nations General Assembly

The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly opened this month with dictators and elected leaders alike descending upon New York City to deliver mind-numbing speeches.

September 26, 2023

Newsmen Jimmy Lai and Dmitry Muratov put their lives on the line for freedom

"I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom," former President George W. Bush famously said. I've never been convinced.

September 19, 2023

Why Mahmoud Abbas can’t make peace with Israelis

Once upon a time, Mahmoud Abbas inspired hope.

September 12, 2023

Imperialism returns to Africa

It was called the "scramble for Africa." In the 19th century, European empires carved the continent into colonies they could exploit.

September 5, 2023

Supporting Ukraine and the price of American leadership

"A fool is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing," Oscar Wilde famously quipped.

August 29, 2023

Republican isolationism: Abandoning Ukraine is no way to make America great again

A growing number of Republicans now think the U.S. should abandon Ukraine and -- by extension -- give Russian dictator Vladimir Putin a great and historic victory.

August 22, 2023

Israel faces intensifying external threats and internal divisions

From atop small mountain peaks in the Israeli Golan Heights you can peer deep into both Lebanon and Syria. On the Israeli side of the border, everything is green. Why? Because the Israelis irrigate and plant trees.

August 16, 2023

Seventy years ago, the Korean War didn’t quite end

May I remind you what a hellhole North Korea is? The Democratic People's Republic of Korea -- that's its official and fraudulent name -- is a dynastic totalitarian dictatorship.

August 1, 2023

Why Kerry got the cold shoulder in Beijing

In 2021, John Kerry was appointed to a position no American had ever before held: U.S. special presidential envoy for climate. Mr. Kerry's one essential mission has failed.

July 25, 2023

Renewing NATO: Peace requires deterrence, which requires military might

The leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization gathered last week in the capital of Lithuania, where they declared their commitment to "individual liberty, human rights, democracy, and the rule of law."

July 18, 2023

Iran’s shadow war: Israelis are defending themselves against Tehran’s foreign legions

Israelis battled Palestinians in the northern West Bank last week. But here's a more accurate description of reality: Israeli troops battled Iran's foreign legions in the northern West Bank last week.

July 11, 2023

The rise and fall of Putin’s warlord, Yevgeny Prigozhin

Vladimir Putin could have lived out his life in luxury, committing serial murders with impunity and spending his country's wealth fighting tigers in Siberia at his suburban Moscow mansion.

July 5, 2023