VDH UltraThe Unmentionable, Unspeakable, and Unutterable. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson Crime Everywhere Now we come to the current crime wave. We see weekly YouTube videos of the knock-out game, of Saturday night Al Capone-gangland massacring, of vulnerable joggers raped and killed, of a mother and her daughter carjacked, of a woman at a rail crossing murdered, of a petite woman pushed to […]
Break ‘Em Up, Clear ‘Em Out
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they dig into the slurs against minorities by Hispanic L.A. city council members, the John Durham investigation, and Jan. 6 committee coming up zeros. Don’t miss the analysis of braggadocio and terror of our president at the end.
The Tentacles of the Social Media Octopus
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness A shared theme in all dystopian explorations of future and current totalitarian regimes—whether China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, or Cuba—is government control of all media information, fueled by electronic surveillance. A skeptical public learns to say one thing publicly but quite another privately. It nervously nods yes at the news […]
VDH UltraThe Unmentionable, Unspeakable, and Unutterable. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson What best characterizes an Orwellian or Soviet society? The silent, collective acceptance of the truth that never can be spoken, and the lies of the apparat that everyone else knows are not true. Think of some of the astounding truths that we simply ignore. Hillary Clinton We have spoken about Clinton before, […]
Disappearing Names and Standards
Cohost Jack Fowler asks Victor Davis Hanson to reflect on renaming US forts, the great man theory, and the inflated grades at universities.
Joe Biden Plays the Old Ugly American
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The Left used to accuse imperialist, resource-hungry Yanquis in Washington of cutting selfish deals with illiberal dictatorships in Latin America to grab their natural resources. How odd then that Joe Biden is now begging the despicable Maduro regime in Venezuela—corrupt, murderous, and anti-American—to produce more of its oil solely to […]
VDH UltraRemembering Great Men. Part Three
Victor Davis Hanson And then without a glitch, he said, “Leave the pickup key under the seat. I’ll find it. You go teach those classes. I’ll have it running in an hour and then you can get down here to check the crew and get back for the next class.” With my dad, it was […]
Ukraine and Kanye
Victor Davis Hanson with cohost Sami Winc talk about the real sensibilities of Never-Trumpers, pre-emption and nuclear talk in the Ukraine War, Kanye West’s interview with Tucker Carlson, and Biden’s inflation.
VDH UltraRemembering Great Men. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson Words Matter I omit for now the evil “great men” who changed history—the Hitlers, Maos, and Stalins—and who singularly explain a collective 100 million deaths. Instead, I want to focus on the good rescue work that exceptional men and women do, and why for anything to work you need talented and reliable […]
For Truth Simply Take a 180
Listen in as Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine the case against Hunter Biden, the reasons for dismantling the deep state, Sharon Osbourne’s disillusionment with BLM, and midterm election predictions.
Ukraine and the Malevolent Legacy of the Obama-Biden Administration
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness During the current Ukrainian war, the media has created a mythology that the Left was tough on Vladimir Putin’s Russia. And thus, now it simply continues its hard-nosed efforts in Ukraine. But nothing could be further from the truth. Aside from Biden’s original panic of evacuating American diplomatic personnel from […]
War, Italians, and Gender Dysphoria
Listen in as Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler analyze Edward Luttwak’s take on the Ukrainian War, the new prime minister Giorgia Meloni, Chris Cuomo’s new job, and transgendered v. biological women.
VDH UltraRemembering Great Men. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson “You have to have good men.” Jürgen Prochnau as Capt.-Lt. Henrich Lehmann-Ellenbrook in Das Boot “We’re not going to get rid of anybody! We’re going to stick together, just like it used to be! When you side with a man, you stay with him! And if you can’t do that, you’re like […]
Where Are the Democrats Going?
Victor Davis Hanson with Sami Winc talk about the dementia, coherence and message of the Democratic Party .They finish with a look at the new stage of the war in Ukraine.
Polling and Pipelines
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the Trump-McConnell head-butting, recent polls, Kamala’s gaffes, Biden’s dementia, Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and war in Ukraine.
An Epidemic of Cognitive Impairment?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Joe Biden, the nominal head of the Democratic Party, is 79. But he increasingly acts and sounds 89. Recently, Biden has pivoted repeatedly on stage with his arm outstretched to shake the hand—of someone not there. On one recent occasion Biden called out for Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) who passed away […]
VDH UltraWhat Becomes of the FBI?
Victor Davis Hanson Can the FBI be saved in its present form? Should it be disassembled, and its bureaus farmed out to other agencies? Should its headquarters be transferred to Kansas City, or maybe Fresno, Dayton, or Boise? Given its record of transgressions and lapses, would we miss its absence? Or are its Washington hierarchies […]
VDH UltraEleven Realities About Trump vs. DeSantis
Victor Davis Hanson Most think it likely that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will run against a probable candidate Donald Trump for the Republican nomination. If so, we can expect the following: 1) DeSantis will run on the Trump MAGA agenda. There will be no challenge on the major issues. There will be no Never Trump […]
Pushing the Envelopes in Ukraine
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness For all the dramatic late-summer Ukrainian success, we are witnessing yet another deadlock in the war—one that supposedly will be resolved by escalations on all sides. Mutually Exclusive Agendas A rebooted Ukraine is clamoring for more offensive arms. It claims it can win the war, with victory now giddily defined […]