VDH UltraA Life of Comically Calamitous Close Calls: Tripoli, Libya (November 2006), Part Five A
Victor Davis Hanson By 1996, I had settled down to an academic life, if teaching four and five courses a semester seemed a normal scholarly career. I puttered rather than worked with my siblings on the farm and turned my attention to my great-great-grandmother’s house that was falling apart. We had no money, but I […]
Obama, Biden Staffers Never Believed Americans Had the Right To Keep People Out
Did former President Barack Obama prioritize a scheme to increase and use immigration to achieve political goals? Were Obama’s cronies actually the ones in the driver’s seat during the ramp-up of the Biden administration’s open-borders policies, asks Jack Fowler on this special edition of “Victor Davis Hanson (Minus Victor): In His Own Words” with Mark […]
VDH UltraObama, Biden Staffers Never Believed Americans Had the Right To Keep People Out
Did former President Barack Obama prioritize a scheme to increase and use immigration to achieve political goals? Were Obama’s cronies actually the ones in the driver’s seat during the ramp-up of the Biden administration’s open-borders policies, asks Jack Fowler on this special edition of “Victor Davis Hanson (Minus Victor): In His Own Words” with Mark […]
The Common Denominator of the Issues Troubling Me Most
VDH and Jack weigh the four finalists from their Sour 16 troubling issues, with Hanson explaining what they all have in common.
VDH UltraThe Common Denominator of the Issues Troubling Me Most
VDH and Jack weigh the four finalists from their Sour 16 troubling issues, with Hanson explaining what they all have in common.
The Danger of Dumbing Down American Students
VDH and Jack continue their ranking of the “Sour 16” to determine which issues pose the greatest existential threat to the United States in 2026. We’ve now entered ROUND 2 of the bracket, the “Hate 8.” Here’s the list: Rogue Nukes versus Ruin of Cities Gain-of-Function bio-weapon pandemic versus Destruction of the nuclear family Growth […]
VDH UltraThe Danger of Dumbing Down American Students
VDH and Jack continue their ranking of the “Sour 16” to determine which issues pose the greatest existential threat to the United States in 2026. We’ve now entered ROUND 2 of the bracket, the “Hate 8.” Here’s the list: Rogue Nukes versus Ruin of Cities Gain-of-Function bio-weapon pandemic versus Destruction of the nuclear family Growth […]
VDH UltraDeterrence Renewed Abroad
Victor Davis Hanson analyzes the results of “Trump-Jacksonian” foreign policy and outlines possibilities for the foreign affairs of 2026.
The Decline of Religiosity is More Worrisome Than the Rise of AI
VDH and Jack continue their Sour 16 competition with growing irreligiosity squaring off against artificial intelligence.
VDH UltraThe Decline of Religiosity is More Worrisome Than the Rise of AI
VDH and Jack continue their Sour 16 competition with growing irreligiosity squaring off against artificial intelligence.
What I Fear Worse Than Socialist Democratic Government
In a new March Madness-style series that will pair off “16 terrible issues” against each other, VDH will act as the judge, ruling on the greatest existential threat to the United States. In the first episode, he decides whether the following are the biggest issues facing the United States in 2026: China vs. rogue nukes […]
VDH UltraWhat I Fear Worse Than Socialist Democratic Government
In a new March Madness-style series that will pair off “16 terrible issues” against each other, VDH will act as the judge, ruling on the greatest existential threat to the United States. In the first episode, he decides whether the following are the biggest issues facing the United States in 2026: China vs. rogue nukes […]
VDH UltraA Life of Comically Calamitous Close Calls: Selma, California (November 1987), Part Four
Victor Davis Hanson I was feeling great by 1987, some eight years after my near-death experience in Greece. True, I had been deemed a “failure” at 25 for having a PhD in Classics from Stanford only between 1980 to 1984 to prune vines, drive a tractor, and do manual farm chores, with a growing family […]
VDH UltraA Life of Comically Calamitous Close Calls: Fresno, California (July 1979), Part Three B.
Victor Davis Hanson The plane to SFO landed at 2:00 AM on a delayed flight in July 1979. At the airport my father was waiting with his Vista Cruiser used station wagon, all the seats down with a bed made up. By the time we got out of customs, the garage, and on the road, […]
The US Intel Community’s ‘Undue Influence’ Over Politics
This content was recorded prior to Hanson’s major surgery on Dec. 30. In this episode VDH answers additional questions from listeners, including one on the undue influence of our intelligence agencies on U.S. policy.
VDH Ultra‘Yeah, I’m Really Worried About the Intelligence Agencies’
This content was recorded prior to Hanson’s major surgery on Dec. 30. In this episode VDH answers additional questions from listeners, including one on the undue influence of our intelligence agencies on U.S. policy.
VDH: When I Cruised Iraq in an Abrams Tank
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson answers a round of questions submitted by listeners. Here he’s asked about tanks and tank warfare. This episode was recorded before Hanson’s major surgery on Dec. 30.
VDH UltraVDH: When I Cruised Iraq in an Abrams Tank
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson answers a round of questions submitted by listeners. Here he’s asked about tanks and tank warfare. This episode was recorded before Hanson’s major surgery on Dec. 30.
VDH UltraDomestic Review: 2025
Victor Davis Hanson reviews the year of 2025 for the U.S. domestically and outlines what may come this year in 2026.
VDH UltraA Life of Comically Calamitous Close Calls: Athens, Greece (April 1978), Part Three A.
Victor Davis Hanson Four years after my Greek sojourn I came back in 1978–79 for another year of study, this time at the American School of Classical Studies. It was a wonderful year, walking each Saturday over the Attic countryside with the legendary Professor Eugene Vanderpool, or taking the class tours with the dynamic archaeologist […]