2023

VDH UltraOur Elite Amoralists

Victor Davis Hanson Octogenarian and ex-congressman, former White House Chief of Staff, and CIA Director (no less), Leon Panetta was just interviewed by Fox News’s Bret Baier. He was asked whether he had any regrets about his participation in the now infamous “51 intelligence authorities” letter that helped warp the 2020 campaign. Panetta said none

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VDH UltraThe Strange Middle Eastern Hatred of its Desire. Part Two

Victor Davis Hanson So here is the paradox. Given what we have seen from Hamas this week, why do Middle Easterners emigrate to the West, prosper, enjoy security and freedom, unknown in their former homelands—and then cheer on terrorists and pledge fealty to the systems they forsook? Did the crowds in New York on the

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The Sickness of Our Universities—and the Cure

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The sheer madness that has gripped many elite universities since October 7 and the butchery, rape, torture, and mutilation of some 1,000 Israeli civilians by Hamas murderers have shocked the public at large. Campus craziness is, of course, nothing new. But quite novel for campuses was the sudden jettisoning of

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VDH UltraThe Strange Middle Eastern Hatred of its Desire. Part One

Victor Davis Hanson One could loosely define Europe and the United States as “Western.” Roughly, that means a billion people living under consensual governments—with mostly free-market economies, where religious freedom, unfettered expression, and an independent judiciary are the norms. In varying degrees, Western nations are not strictly blood-and-soil societies. Anyone can become an American who

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