Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness One state prosecutor and one civilian plaintiff have already won huge fines and damages from Donald Trump that may, with legal costs, exceed $500 million. Trump awaits further civil and criminal liability in three other federal, state, and local indictments. There are eerie commonalities in all these five court cases… Continue reading Blue Laws for Red Citizens
Ode to a Collapsing Barn. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson When the almond shakers and sweepers of the surrounding orchards kicked up clouds of dust the floors by this November were 3–4 inches deep in dirt. It was in theory a barn, but so perforated and porous that the inside was not much different from the world outside. About 10 years ago… Continue reading Ode to a Collapsing Barn. Part Two
Ode to a Collapsing Barn. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson I was told by my grandfather (1890–1976) that his grandmother Lucy Anna Davis (1832–1923) when she and her boys arrived by train here from Missouri (ca. 1870–71), bought what is now left of our present farm from the railroad (ca. $4 an acre contingent on improvements made within a set period of… Continue reading Ode to a Collapsing Barn. Part One
Delusions, Alternate Realities, and the Biden Consortium
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Hunter Biden has a train of a dozen lawyers defending him on felony indictments ranging from several counts of tax fraud to gun violations. From time to time, the contents of his laptop come up, both in these criminal trials and in civil suits. The information on the laptop is,… Continue reading Delusions, Alternate Realities, and the Biden Consortium
Victor Davis Hanson Responds to Angry Reader Michael Dernburg Continued
What is the Matter with Victor? Part Two 4) By late 2019, the Trump administration finally had managed to cease stop-and-release, rebuild over 500 miles of the rickety border fence, begin on new portions of it, demand refugees apply for status in their own countries, and leverage President Obrador of Mexico to stop transiting millions… Continue reading Victor Davis Hanson Responds to Angry Reader Michael Dernburg Continued
The Strange Disconnect Between Israel and Ukraine
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The Ukrainian and Israeli wars are similar and yet also different conflicts—but in more ways than we can imagine. Ukraine was invaded by a huge Russian state, with a population three-and-a-half times greater, a gross national product ten times larger, and an area thirty times its size. Hamas, by contrast,… Continue reading The Strange Disconnect Between Israel and Ukraine
Angry Reader 02-14-2024
From an Angry Reader: What is the Matter with Victor? Part One What is the Matter with Victor What is the matter with Victor? The latest diatribe about Joe Biden not trying to the immigration problem is total diction of the Truth! Anyone who is breathing and has a functioning brain iOS aware that Trump… Continue reading Angry Reader 02-14-2024
History—and Ukraine and Israel
Victor Davis Hanson After the heroic late February and early March 2022 salvation of Kyiv by ad hoc Ukrainian forces, ebullience swept the West. Putin and his thuggish invasion were seemingly defeated and the war all but won. Amid such euphoria, billions of dollars of weapons poured into Ukraine. European and American politicos outdid each… Continue reading History—and Ukraine and Israel
Do Leftists Now Believe Leftism Doesn’t Work?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness It is hard to destroy a naturally beautiful city like San Francisco, with ideal weather and stunning infrastructure inherited from far better earlier generations. Yet San Francisco continues its much-publicized and self-inflicted doom loop. The productive classes still flee the increasingly crime-ridden city and its self-induced pathologies. The city is… Continue reading Do Leftists Now Believe Leftism Doesn’t Work?
Paradoxes of America in the Paradoxical Middle East loop
Victor Davis Hanson There have been some 170 attacks on American installations spread over Syria, Iraq, and Jordan. And while they are not always identical in mission and nature, our bases’ general agenda is to help governments in the Middle East resist the resurgence of ISIS, a Sunni-derived radical terrorist organization that during the Obama… Continue reading Paradoxes of America in the Paradoxical Middle East loop