VDH UltraHamas and Hostages
January 17, 2025
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For our Ultra subscribers, Victor Davis Hanson discusses the hostages in Gaza and Israel’s strategy. We are currently working on getting this on the phone app.
Has the Military Lost Middle America
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.
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Ceasefire, Resignation, and Political “Cults”
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In this Friday news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc talk about Hamas-Israeli talks, Jack Smith’s report after resigning, the LA fires, Amy Chua being JD Vance’s guest, calling political parties cults, and another cancellation of student loans.
Farms, Universities and Businessmen
January 16, 2025
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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to look at Hoover’s legacy, Stewart Resnick’s farms, the presidency left in shambles for Donald Trump, how red-state universities are still DEI infused, the worst VP-pick in history, Zuckerberg’s convenient mea-culpa, and Classics in education.
Revealed, and Revealed Again: The Many Ironies on the Left
January 14, 2025
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In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about Trump being sentenced, the ironies of the left revealed by Trump, Karen Bass as an icon of the Democratic Party, would Rick Caruso as mayor be different, Newsom needing Trump, and rebuilding California.
Beyond Peak Woke?: VDH Interviews Ilya Shapiro on Our University Censors
January 14, 2025
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In this special episode, Victor Davis Hanson talks to Ilya Shapiro about his law school experience and university employment as a senior lecturer at Georgetown Center for the Constitution, from which he was forced to resign for opinion on SCOTUS DEI hiring.
Fire, Trump’s New, and The Temple to Artemis
January 11, 2025
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Listen in to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they discuss the 4th of the wonder of the ancient world, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. They also look at the California fires, ‘newsy’ news on Trump, Honduras, and the presidential panorama at Carter’s funeral.
Beyond the Flames: The Devastation of Los Angeles Fires
January 10, 2025
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Listen to the Friday news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they discuss the Palisades fire in LA and the issues of water, insurance, DEI, Newsom, Mayor Bass, fire Chief Kristin Crowley, and other news from the week — Zuckerberg, Trudeau, Greenland and Panama.
Victor Davis Hanson
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).
