Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness For nearly two years, Americans have engaged in a great woke experiment of cannibalizing themselves. American civilization has invested massive labor, capital, and time in an effort constantly to flagellate itself for not being perfect. Yet neither America’s resilience nor its resources are infinite. We are now beginning to… Continue reading Does America Still Work
The Drossy Touch of Joe Biden
Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Almost everything Joe Biden has touched since entering office has turned to dross. None of his blame-gaming, none of his distortions, none of his fantasies and unreality can mask that truth. The Afghan Catastrophe Seven months ago, Afghanistan was relatively quiet—with about 10,000 vestigial NATO troops, including 2,500 Americans,… Continue reading The Drossy Touch of Joe Biden
Ripples of Kabul
Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness The American-nurtured Afghan military of the last 20 years that had suffered thousands of prior casualties evaporated in a few hours in the encirclement of Kabul. Enlistees apparently calculated that their own meager chances with the premodern Taliban were still better than fighting as a dependency of the postmodern… Continue reading Ripples of Kabul
Are We in a Revolution and Don’t Even Know It?
Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Institutions are being absorbed not just by the woke apparat, but by an array of ideologies that seeks to destroy them. The collective madness that ensued from the pandemic, the quarantine, the self-induced recession, the George Floyd killing and subsequent months of exempted riots, the election year, and the… Continue reading Are We in a Revolution and Don’t Even Know It?
The Culturalist: The Deep State
American Armageddon
Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Americans are growing angrier by the day in a way different from prior sagebrush revolts such as the 1960s Silent Majority or Tea Party furor of over a decade ago. The rage at the current status quo this time is not just fueled by conservatives. For the first time… Continue reading American Armageddon
VDH on the Ingram Angle
The Traditionalist: Squatters, Larry Elder, Iran, et al.
The Great Leftist Bully Boy Hope
The refined and moral Left places itself on a pedestal, above the fray—and as such it has a natural attraction to those in its midst who do not. Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness By any empirical measure, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has proven utterly disingenuous, and far more so than average politicians. Unlike… Continue reading The Great Leftist Bully Boy Hope
