Victor Davis Hanson And on the pedestal these words appear: “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. Percy Shelley, “Ozymandias” I say America is in serious […]
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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler in a discussion of a Chinese biolab in the Central Valley, charges dropped for Sam Bankman-Fried, Robert Malley mishandles classified material on Iran, Mitch McConnell’s senior moment, and DeSantis’ recent controversies. Share This
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Victor Davis Hanson Far-called, our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the fire: Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget! Rudyard Kipling, “Recessional” There is proverbially a lot of rot in any great nation, which accordingly
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Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Imagine if Gavin Newsom was currently Vice President amid the final meltdown of the Biden family consortium. Does anyone doubt that Biden would then either be forced to resign by Democratic politicos (for reasons in addition to his escalating dementia), or would be impeached and perhaps abdicate Nixon-style? The presence
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In this weekend edition, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss Jeffrey Epstein’s relations with universities, the plan to blow up four Klamath River dams, the Spanish-American War and farmers living with their own mistakes. Share This
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Victor Davis Hanson The architects of decivilization are the supposed elites who come out of our purported top schools, with allegedly impressive alphabetic degrees after their names. A Pete Buttigieg is a good example of their pomposity and incompetence, as he lectures us about racist freeway clover-leaf ramps, but cannot deal with an imploding air
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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc in this news roundup: Hunter’s plea deal gone sour, Kamala’s rant against history in Florida, and Democrats censoring RFK Jr. Share This
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Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to explore and explain NATO’s expansionism, US military decisions—abortion v. equipping our submarine fleet—our fleets history, victimology, “Killer King” hospital, and the beautiful memory of tragedies past. Share This
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Current polls, pundits, and politicos insist that the 2024 race is a sure rematch between former President Donald Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden. It may well turn out that way. But in past election cycles, summer polls 15 months before the general election usually did not mean much. In December 2003, the CBS poll
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Victor Davis Hanson The Biden administration, with assent from California politicos, bureaucrats, Indian tribes, and green activists, is partnering with the state to destroy four major dams on Northern California’s Klamath River. Their ostensible idea is to facilitate better salmon runs, in part due to concessions to Native American lobbyists. The government brags that the
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