Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Nikki Haley just lost the New Hampshire primary by 11 percent. She had earlier come in third in the recent Iowa caucuses behind Ron DeSantis. But DeSantis, not she, dropped out of the race. He then endorsed front-runner Donald Trump. By contrast, Haley confidently announced that at last there… Continue reading Nikki Haley’s Strategies?
The Crazy Story Behind the Disturbing News. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson The Unspeakable Precivilizational Barbarity of Hamas A recent report from Israel chronicles the tragic, more than two-months-long hunt of a bereaved father, David Tahar, for the head of his slain son, Adir—a young Israeli soldier murdered by terrorists on October 7. Tahar had been warned by Israeli authorities not to view the remains of his… Continue reading The Crazy Story Behind the Disturbing News. Part One
Dear Not So Angry Reader Barbara Toncheff, Part Two
II. In contrast to Lee, Sherman was a grand strategist, who viewed war as an elemental conflict of finance, economics, sociology, politics, and natural and human resources. For all his verbal crudity and argumentative nature, Sherman was at heart a humanist who despised war and carnage and did his best to win the war with… Continue reading Dear Not So Angry Reader Barbara Toncheff, Part Two
2024—America’s Year of Living Dangerously
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Lame-duck presidencies, especially in the last six months of their final term, in general can offer opportunities for America’s enemies to take advantage of a perceived vacuum as one government transitions to the next. But these normal changeover months are especially dangerous when a perceived weak or appeasing lame-duck president… Continue reading 2024—America’s Year of Living Dangerously
Not So Angry Reader 01-19-2024
From a Not So Angry Reader Barbara Toncheff I always look forward to hearing you speak on preventing the ultimate decline of this great nation under the current administration’s policies. However, it appears you are casting a shadow on the capabilities of General Lee while extolling hero status on Sherman. Isn’t it true that General… Continue reading Not So Angry Reader 01-19-2024
The Hysterical Style in American Politics
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The post-Joe McCarthy era and the candidacy of Barry Goldwater once prompted liberal political scientist Richard Hofstadter to chronicle a supposedly long-standing right-wing “paranoid style” of conspiracy-fed extremism. But far more common, especially in the 21st century, has been a left-wing, hysterical style of inventing scandals and manipulating perceived tensions for… Continue reading The Hysterical Style in American Politics
Angry Reader 01-17-2024
From An Angry Reader: FROM MICHEAL (sic) JORDAN: Your recent commentary on the resignation of Harvard’s president was nothing more than white supremacist drivel. No one benefits more in this country than white males, so who’s playing the race/victim card exactly? Fucking maroon! Dear Micheal (sic) Jordan, You earn at least an eight on the… Continue reading Angry Reader 01-17-2024
The DEI Ruse Is Imploding. Part Four
Victor Davis Hanson Epitaph DEI is racist. After lying before Congress that she had to consider “context” and “free speech” before considering discipling anti-Jewish behavior and speech on her Harvard campus, and after being caught plagiarizing in some 60 percent of her meager scholarly output, Claudine Gay pulled out all the racist stops to save… Continue reading The DEI Ruse Is Imploding. Part Four
Lawfare Against Trump Is Running Out of Gas
We should dispense with the tired narrative that four conscientious state and federal prosecutors—independently and without contact with the Biden White House or the radical Democrats in Congress—all came to the same disinterested conclusions that Donald Trump should be indicted for various crimes and put on trial during the campaign season of 2024. The prosecutors… Continue reading Lawfare Against Trump Is Running Out of Gas
The DEI Ruse Is Imploding. Part Three
Victor Davis Hanson From Equity to Inclusion No one has made the argument that race in 2024 is an accurate barometer of oppression. And we know the myriad reasons why: how do you determine one’s exact racial percentage in a society of millions of mixed ancestries; why are non-white Asians and a dozen other so-called… Continue reading The DEI Ruse Is Imploding. Part Three