2023

VDH UltraOur Empire Rots at the Core. Part One

Victor Davis Hanson While Britain was fighting for its empire in out-of-the-way places like Afghanistan (1839–42; 1878–80; 1919), the inner core of London was Dickensian—crime ridden and impoverished. I thought of Dickens’s Oliver Twist and David Copperfield juxtaposed to the horrendous end to the First Afghan War (1842), in which an entire army and retinue […]

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The Likes of Dickensian London

 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. Share This

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Anarchy, American-Style

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The 1960s revolution was both anarchic and nihilist. But it was waged against—not from—the establishment. Hippies and the Left either attacked institutions or, in Timothy Leary fashion, chose to “turn on, tune in, drop out” from them. The current revolution is much different—and far more dangerous—for at least three reasons. The Establishment Is

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Politics in America

 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. Share This

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Stupid, Sloppy, Crazy: Your Call

In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc of new questions about the Biden syndicate, Ukraine war and US arms stockade, woke in the universities, Minneapolis vacancy tax, and the culture of indoctrinated students. Share This

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How to Balkanize a Country

Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler travel down the road of reparations for African Americans and discrimination against Asian students. They end with a discussion of Republicans Nikki Haley and Mitch Daniels. Share This

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VDH UltraOur California Rain Forest

Victor Davis Hanson It has been snowing, raining, and flooding in California for nearly a month. So great is the deluge that our “climate scientists,” who warned us of a permanent drought and the end of a snow-capped Sierra and green spring coastal foothills, and who until this week admonished us that the “drought is

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The Real Differences Between the Biden and Trump Troves

Donald Trump for now certainly seems to have had more documents labeled classified at Mar-a-Lago in Florida than did Joe Biden at his various homes in Delaware. Yet otherwise, the comparisons between the two cases, contrary to popular punditry, hardly favor Biden. First, a stranger would face a far greater challenge entering a post-presidential Mar-a-Lago than a

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VDH UltraDo They Think We are Stupid?

Victor Davis Hanson Clips from the inane The View are appearing on cable news of Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin speculating that some conservative conspiracy explains Joe Biden’s scattered storage of his vice-presidential papers, among them classified documents, at rooms in his home, his “think tank” office in Washington, D.C., and his Corvette garage. We

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