VDH's Blade of Perseus // Private Papers
Traditionalist and conservative America once was the U.S. military’s greatest defender.
Bipartisan conservatives in Congress ensured generous Pentagon budgets. Statistics of those killed in action, in both Afghanistan and Iraq, reveal that white males, especially those of the rural and middle classes, were demographically “overrepresented” in offering the ultimate sacrifice to their country.
When generals, active and retired, have become controversial, usually conservative America could be counted on to stick with them.
As a reminder of the themes of this present Ultra series, we are reviewing in chronological order key, iconic events that fueled both the political recovery of Donald Trump and encapsulated and were emblematic of why he ran far ahead
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk with Justin Shubow about American Monuments and the NEA, and then they examine the mandates for the new administration, assassin Mangione a reflection on university graduates, defending Netanyahu against countries complying with ICC, Christmas movies and the hope that DEI is over in the film industry.
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc this weekend for VDH’s thoughts on the Colossus of Rhodes, leaking from the Biden White House, the House funding bill, Newsom claims he has been DOGEing in California, Fani Willis off the case, and a never-again Never-Trumper.
In this Friday news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc about the border wall, Liz Cheney’s J6 antics, Trump and the Paris Climate Accord, Stephanopoulos’ humiliation in Trump lawsuit, and left-wing governments being challenged globally.
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the Johnny-come-lately media, Homan and working on the immigration problem, McConnell criticizes isolationism, Democratic Party’s reality check, Secret Service problems, daylight savings time, and the instincts of Trump.
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the late Lee Edwards and his Victims of Communism Museum, Biden’s classified documents and pardons, how Pete Hegseth will return to the Military Code of Conduct, drones in DC, BLM calling for “black” vigilantism, Duke Lacrosse player’s “victim” saying she lied, the “white” privilege hoax, and Caitlin Clark succumbing to pressure.
Join the Saturday edition with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they discuss the conferences ending WWII, Trump presidency already begun, anti-Semitism in our universities, Wray steps down, West Point joins smear campaign against Hegseth, and Israel takes out weapons depots in Syria.
Victor Davis Hanson is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor of Classics Emeritus at California State University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services.
He is also the Wayne & Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History, Hillsdale College, where he teaches each fall semester courses in military history and classical culture.
Hanson was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2007, and the Bradley Prize in 2008, as well as the Edmund Burke Award (2018), William F. Buckley Prize (2015), the Claremont Institute’s Statesmanship Award (2006), and the Eric Breindel Award for opinion journalism (2002).
