Daniel Greenfield

Daniel Greenfield is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. This article previously appeared at the Center's Front Page Magazine.

Most Recent Articles by Daniel Greenfield:

Uncivil Rights February 26, 2012
Rights do not come from the exercise of government power, but from the restraint of government power
The Idiot-Cousin Theory of Government February 23, 2012
We have been throwing idiot cousins at the war on poverty, at discrimination and at overeating. And now we're poorer, more bigoted and fatter than we used to be.
When Positive and Negative Rights Collide February 22, 2012
Negative rights put their trust in people. Positive rights put their trust in the state. All states fall sooner or later. Only the people survive
The Cult of Warm February 21, 2012
The Warmists have pushed their agenda through with alarmist claims and hysteria
Showdown in Syria February 20, 2012
NATO has become the arsenal of the Arab Spring, much as Al Jazeera has become its propaganda arm
Guns, Butter, Jobs and Birth Control February 19, 2012
Totalitarian ideologies don't care about individual welfare and they certainly are not interested in individual empowerment
The Obama Doctrine February 16, 2012
A self-destructive ideology destroys everything it touches until its pursuit of power at the highest levels leaves even the highest levels powerless.
Power and Weakness in Zion February 15, 2012
The real crisis is not in Zionism, it is in a Jewish left which has chosen its politics for all the wrong reasons
The Liberal Uses of Race February 14, 2012
The engine of dysfunction grinds on, making the society a much worse place until it is willing to destroy the society, rather than give up the drive to create more dysfunction in order to justify its power and privilege.
A Tale of Two Wars February 13, 2012
Irresponsible leaders take refuge in philosophy and chase after theories of history, rather than keeping the rain from leaking through the roof.
Playing the Percentages February 12, 2012
Playing the percentages is more than an election strategy, it's a strategy to reconfigure the country
The Economic Sabotage of the West February 9, 2012
What we need to do is put all the experts back in the closet and let the engineers, farmers, workers and businessmen try to make the society work again
A UN Farce in Syria February 7, 2012
Peaceful democratic change plan was co-sponsored in part by monarchies
A Tale of Two Republican Parties February 6, 2012
These two Republican parties have been on a collision course for some time now
Countdown to Zero in Tehran and Jerusalem February 5, 2012
The only real element that matters is the atoms of political courage that have to reach critical mass for a strike that will either cripple or destroy Iran's nuclear ambitions
A Free Market Solution February 3, 2012
Romneycare, Obamacare
Muslim Firsters and Israel Firsters February 1, 2012
They want Israel and they want Europe on a platter. They want to eliminate freedom of speech and silence anyone who speaks out about the countless dead and the destruction of free nations that will follow if they get their way
American Tyrants January 31, 2012
The American liberal is not a populist, he is still a New England preacher, but without a religion to preach
Weaponizing the Passenger Plane January 30, 2012
Islamic terrorism has shut down the decision making process of the modern Western state
Dredging the Bottom January 27, 2012
Soros manufactured chaos in Israel
State of Disunion January 26, 2012
Thank you, and God Damn America
Food Fights and Class Warfare January 25, 2012
Conspicuous conservationism has made America a poorer country, destroyed millions of jobs and outsourced them overseas
There’s Something About Mitt January 24, 2012
To the establishment Mitt is perfect for the same reasons that he is toxic to the base. His blandness means that he has no threatening ideas
The Great Internet Blackout January 23, 2012
The SOPA/PIPA debate is not really about the freedom of the internet. It's a battle between massive corporations seeking to protect their own interests
Gingrich and Arafat - Anatomy of a Smear January 22, 2012
Gingrich met with Arafat twice. Both times within the context of congressional events. He has also repeatedly spoken the hard truths about Arafat and the PLO
So You Want a Revolution… January 19, 2012
It is now a race between shaping public anger into a vehicle for political change and the speed at which the left is transforming and fragmenting the country to prevent a political revolution of the right from ever coming about
Fact Check: Why Rick Perry is Right About Turkey January 18, 2012
Telling the truth about Erdogan and the AKP is about more than condemning a gang of Islamst thugs who have used Saudi money to seize control of what was once the most modern Muslim country
The Society for the Protection of Iranian Nuclear Scientists January 17, 2012
A few technicians of death are a small price to pay for the lives of millions
Out of Options in Egypt January 15, 2012
Given democracy the Palestinian Arabs chose Hamas. Given democracy the Tunisians chose the Islamist Ennahda thugs. Given democracy the Egyptians chose the Salafists and the Brotherhood
A little urine washes out January 13, 2012
Urine washes out. Evil doesn't