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 One of the strangest things about the American response to Ukraine has been the willingness of the Left and the establishment Right to discount completely that the war is heading toward a rendezvous with ever-deadlier
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc continue discussion on the Biden files, and look at Columbia Journalism Review‘s article on the Russia “hoax” and the meaning of Tyre Nichols’ death in the Black community.
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss the Chinese spy balloon, Ilhan Omar’s committee woes, Hunter’s lawsuit, and the Ukraine and other proxy wars.
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Jill Biden’s influence, the attack on Paul Pelosi, Florida’s rejection of an African-American Studies AP exam, and how “over-classification” has become a new mantra since the Biden files discovery.
Trevor Carey talks to VDH about California and national politics, including the Biden classified documents scandal.
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine the racism of the word “the,” the riots in Atlanta and the Antifa nexus, and the war in Ukraine.
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc talk about permanent Washington power, the problem of the FBI and other agencies, Adam Schiff’s complaints, the new Republican House, and Charles McGonigal‘s indictment for Russian collusion.
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).
