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.
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The songwriter, actor, country/western singer, musician, U.S. Army veteran, helicopter pilot, accomplished rugby player and boxer, Rhodes scholar, Pomona College and University of Oxford degreed, and summa cum laude literature graduate, Kris Kristofferson, recently died
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they talk about Kamala Harris off the teleprompter, allegations against Doug Emhoff, the president’s mental incompetence super-sized, hurricane Helene debacle, the errors of the Never-Trumpers, the border and the crime of negligence, and Walz lies and dances for the cameras.
Victor Davis Hanson interviews Michael Pack, documentary filmmaker, about his new documentary with WSJ Opinion Section — a new series to look at stories that have been overlooked by the mainstream media. His new series is Get the Jew: the Crown Heights Riots Revisited named for the 1991 riots.
Join the weekend edition with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc: the defeat of France 1940, October surprises, more on Israel and the Longshoremen, polls in Pennsylvania, and Christopher Rufo investigates the reach of DEI damage in our culture.
In the Friday news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss Hurricane Helene, Israel, the Longshoreman strike and other stories in the news this week.
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Ta-Nehisi Coates on Israel, police deaths, politicized instructors and left businesses, Amy Wax stands, victimization is the refuge of all scoundrels, keeping illegals on the voter rolls, and John Kerry claims Democrats need to win so they can censor.
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).
