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Pseudo-Recessions

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness As the 1992 campaign approached, incumbent president George H.W. Bush was seen as a shoo-in for reelection. The First Gulf War ended in 1991 with a spectacular U.S. victory at the head of a coalition that had expelled Saddam Hussein from Kuwait with few losses. For much of 1991, Bush’s […]

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VDH UltraDEI Is The Most ‘Toxic Ideology’ We’ve Ever Experienced

VDH and Jack examine the consequences of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ideology on American institutions and public life, observing that DEI has replaced meritocracy with exemptions based on identity, undermining accountability and fueling corruption, fraud, and public distrust, while also explaining  how DEI incentivizes grievance over excellence and perpetuates failure by lowering standards rather than

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VDH UltraA Life of Comically Calamitous Close Calls: Introduction

Victor Davis Hanson I’ve been very lucky in dodging bullets but even more unlucky in finding them. Over some 55 years, I found myself in some of the worst situations imaginable. And post facto, I realize that I got myself into these jams due to my own negligence and lack of circumspection. And yet somehow,

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‘Demonstrably Untrue’: VDH Rebuts Tucker Carlson’s Israel, Qatar Claims

Tucker Carlson favored putting America’s strategic relationship with the Gulf states, most namely Qatar, ahead of Israel, arguing that the Jewish state was a “completely insignificant country” with “no resources,” during the Doha Forum earlier this month. VDH responds to Carlson’s claims that Israel offers little strategic value to the United States, laying out Israel’s

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VDH Ultra‘Demonstrably Untrue’: VDH Rebuts Tucker Carlson’s Israel, Qatar Claims

Tucker Carlson favored putting America’s strategic relationship with the Gulf states, most namely Qatar, ahead of Israel, arguing that the Jewish state was a “completely insignificant country” with “no resources,” during the Doha Forum earlier this month. VDH responds to Carlson’s claims that Israel offers little strategic value to the United States, laying out Israel’s

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Slouching Toward Open Season on Jews

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Jews celebrating Hanukkah were just slaughtered by Muslim gunmen on an Australian beach, in an imitation of the October 7 massacres. An inert Europe is canceling Christmas celebrations out of fear of threats of violence from Muslim minorities. In the West, when an Islamist shoots a Jew, politicians often offer

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