Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness In the last two weeks, Kamala Harris has been trying to revive her stagnant campaign by smearing Trump as being Hitlerian and a fascist. She claims Trump is planning to put his enemies in encampments. Yet in the modern era, it was not Trump who put large numbers of U.S.… Continue reading Once Joyful Harris Now Goes the Full McCarthyite
Fifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part Nine
Victor Davis Hanson 15. The Corruption of the Intelligence, Investigative, and Intelligence Agencies. In 2016, Hillary Clinton hired FBI informant and contractor British subject Christopher Steele and hid her payments to him through the DNC, Perkins Coie law firm, and Fusion GPS paywalls. His job was to invent dirt on Donald Trump, tapping disreputable Russian… Continue reading Fifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part Nine
Fifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part Eight
Victor Davis Hanson 14. Assassination Porn. Threatening the life of a president in order to dehumanize him and lower the bar of his safety became a tactic of the Left. Donald Trump is not just the only president to have been impeached twice, tried as a private citizen, indicted by four local/state/federal prosecutors, and targeted… Continue reading Fifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part Eight
The Ordeal and Triumph of Mr. Netanyahu
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Ordeal After the October 7 massacres, the obituaries of the long political career of Benjamin Netanyahu, published both in Israel and in the West, became orthodox. He was considered as politically inert as Donald Trump once was after January 6, 2021. The conventional wisdom speculated not if, but only when… Continue reading The Ordeal and Triumph of Mr. Netanyahu
Fifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part Seven
Victor Davis Hanson 13. Blowing up the Debates. In 2024, the Commission on Presidential Debates crashed because it could never assure the two parties that selecting the candidates on the stage, the moderators, the time, the place, and the rules were truly non-partisan as advertised. Do we remember the 2012 hijacking of the debate by… Continue reading Fifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part Seven
Kamala’s Inane Talking Points
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness As Vice President Kamala Harris slips in the polls, the Democratic National Committee/Harris Campaign/mainstream media fusion talking points become even more absurd. Claiming that J.D. Vance and Donald Trump were “weird” did not work—especially given the genuinely odd behavior of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz and would-be First Gentleman Doug… Continue reading Kamala’s Inane Talking Points
Fifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part Six
Victor Davis Hanson 11. Destroying the Senate Filibuster. The Senate filibuster, despite minor changes, has more or less been in effect for some 180 years. The idea was to slow down rush-to-judgment wild swings in the national mood and prevent near instantaneous resultant law-making—all in the manner that the Founders envisioned the key differences between… Continue reading Fifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part Six
Fifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part Five
Victor Davis Hanson 9. Packing the Court. Did the Right ever wish to pack the 16-year-long liberal Warren Court? Did it ever seek to harass, demonize, or swarm the homes of the justices? What would happen to a Democrat-nominated justice who swung rightwing in the manner that lots of Republican-appointed justices went leftward and hard… Continue reading Fifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part Five
A Media Beyond Caricature
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness CBS’s iconic 60 Minutes has had plenty of scandals and embarrassments in its long 57-year history, most notably the fake-but-accurate Dan Rather mess. Yet never has it found itself in greater disrepute than in 2024. Donald Trump, for good reason, recently declined to join 60 Minutes for its traditional election-year in-depth interviews of the… Continue reading A Media Beyond Caricature
Fifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part Four
Victor Davis Hanson 8. Destroying the Electoral College. Next, we come to an array of leftwing proposals designed to destroy the Constitution as we have known it, all for the short-term advantage of the Left. Vice presidential candidate, the buffoonish and so often untruthful Tim Walz just boasted, “The Electoral College needs to go.” And… Continue reading Fifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part Four