VDH UltraHope For America
Victor Davis Hanson No one has been more concerned than I about the current state of America—enormous debt, unfunded liabilities, DEI and tribal chauvinism, blue-state/red-state growing antitheses, the new right anti-Semitism coupled with the predictable old left anti-Semitism, the rise of an imperial China, etc. But there is much to be thankful for and excited […]
VDH UltraA Life of Comically Calamitous Close Calls: Fresno, California (February 2023), Part Seven C
Victor Davis Hanson Oh, the self-delusions we buy into at the razor’s edge! (Right before my appendix ruptured in Libya, I kept telling myself that I had “torn a muscle,” nothing more.) Only the antihistamine didn’t work. Nor did I take a Zyrtec on top of it. Nor a Pepcid. (Yes, I know the venom […]
Don Lemon Wants a New Legal Standard: Journalism Are Immune From the Law
Does former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon have a First Amendment right to interfere with the First Amendment rights of the worshipers and pastor at that church? “I think the question answers itself, and the answer is no,” argues Scott Johnson, a Minneapolis-based attorney, Claremont Institute fellow, founding member of Power Line and […]
VDH UltraDon Lemon Wants a New Legal Standard: Journalism Are Immune From the Law
Does former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon have a First Amendment right to interfere with the First Amendment rights of the worshipers and pastor at that church? “I think the question answers itself, and the answer is no,” argues Scott Johnson, a Minneapolis-based attorney, Claremont Institute fellow, founding member of Power Line and […]
Notes In Absentia
I want again to thank everyone for the wonderful expressions of concern and reassurance that I have received from listeners and readers. In response to inquiries, and some quite detailed questions and advice, here is a brief update concerning my current temporary absence. As I wrote, the removal of a cancerous lung mucinous adenoma carcinoma […]
New Survey: Why So Many Feel Lost and What Actually Helps Them Thrive
Young men need to exercise “agency” in their own lives. A recent survey done on young men and their problems (and prospects) revealed young men who participate in multiple social activities and groups are problem solvers. Alex Tarascio, a pollster at Cygnal,a pollster at Cygnal, a political polling firm, explains that when these young men […]
VDH UltraNew Survey: Why So Many Feel Lost and What Actually Helps Them Thrive
Young men need to exercise “agency” in their own lives. A recent survey done on young men and their problems (and prospects) revealed young men who participate in multiple social activities and groups are problem solvers. Alex Tarascio, a pollster at Cygnal,a pollster at Cygnal, a political polling firm, explains that when these young men […]
EXPOSED: Taxpayers Paying For Democrat Activists’ Grad School Tuition
Nearly 80% of Truman Scholars, a taxpayer-funded scholarship program, from 2017 and 2018 ”have a clear connection to liberal politics, such as working for Democratic members of Congress, advocating for progressive causes, or teaching classes with a liberal focus,” reports the College Fix. Jennifer Kabbany, editor-in-chief of The College Fix joins Jack Fowler for an […]
VDH UltraEXPOSED: Taxpayers Paying For Democrat Activists’ Grad School Tuition
Nearly 80% of Truman Scholars, a taxpayer-funded scholarship program, from 2017 and 2018 ”have a clear connection to liberal politics, such as working for Democratic members of Congress, advocating for progressive causes, or teaching classes with a liberal focus,” reports the College Fix. Jennifer Kabbany, editor-in-chief of The College Fix joins Jack Fowler for an […]
VDH UltraThis Battle Over Israel
Victor Davis Hanson discusses the anti-Israel, anti-Semitic sect within the Right and the cost-benefit analysis between Israeli interests and Gulf states’ interests.
Slouching Towards Fort Sumter?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness In the months before the April 12, 1861, firing on Fort Sumter, there were lots of sharp divisions in the North about the proper reaction to the first seven Confederate states that had already left the Union. Not all Unionists believed that war was inevitable. Some, in fact, were happy […]
How ‘Midwest Nice’ Minnesota Became Ground Zero for Leftist Violence and Fraud
Traditionally, Minnesotans, by virtue of their Scandinavian heritage, are known for being well-mannered and having good governance. However, over the past few months, the idyllic poster boy for “Midwest nice” has been completely upended following a string of high-profile taxpayer-dollar fraud controversies, raids against peaceful church services and violent altercations between leftist protesters and federal […]
VDH UltraHow ‘Midwest Nice’ Minnesota Became Ground Zero for Leftist Violence and Fraud
Traditionally, Minnesotans, by virtue of their Scandinavian heritage, are known for being well-mannered and having good governance. However, over the past few months, the idyllic poster boy for “Midwest nice” has been completely upended following a string of high-profile taxpayer-dollar fraud controversies, raids against peaceful church services and violent altercations between leftist protesters and federal […]
VDH UltraA Life of Comically Calamitous Close Calls: Selma, California (February 2023), Part Seven B
Victor Davis Hanson But no problem. At the ER, they gave me Benadryl and some tests, and I was out in a few hours. So, it would be now, too. The doctor there had said, “You have an allergy to something. And oh, by the way, you have a large kidney stone on your scan.” […]
VDH UltraA Life of Comically Calamitous Close Calls: Selma, California (February 2023), Part Seven A (an updated version of a 2023 account)
Victor Davis Hanson I have lived on my farm for the most part of my 72 years. In all of them, I have lived amid pollinating orchards—plums, apricots, pears, and now almonds. These species required dozens of rented beehives at bloom. In the last few decades, perhaps the Africanized hybrid strains seem a bit more […]
Hollywood’s ‘Willful Ignorance’ Towards Communist Crimes Was Decades in the Making
In this wide-ranging conversation, host Jack Fowler sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Spalding to confront the forgotten truths of communism’s deadly legacy. From Hollywood’s willful blindness to the rise of socialism at home, Spalding explains why communism and socialism share the same DNA—and why freedom still needs defending.
VDH UltraHollywood’s ‘Willful Ignorance’ Towards Communist Crimes Was Decades in the Making
In this wide-ranging conversation, host Jack Fowler sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Spalding to confront the forgotten truths of communism’s deadly legacy. From Hollywood’s willful blindness to the rise of socialism at home, Spalding explains why communism and socialism share the same DNA—and why freedom still needs defending.
California’s ‘Futureland’ High-Speed Rail Is Still Stuck at the Station | Lee Ohanian
Lee Ohanian, a Hoover Institution senior fellow, joins Jack Fowler on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” to discuss California’s high-speed railway disaster and more.
VDH UltraCalifornia’s ‘Futureland’ High-Speed Rail Is Still Stuck at the Station | Lee Ohanian
Lee Ohanian, a Hoover Institution senior fellow, joins Jack Fowler on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” to discuss California’s high-speed railway disaster and more.
Thomas Sowell’s Refusal of Victimhood and Marxism | Daniel J Mahoney
All of Thomas Sowell’s “considerable learning” is front and center in his 2007 book A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles. Sowell, a Marxist-turned, unofficial 20th-century spokesman for capitalism, theorizes that humans are inclined to adopt one of two worldviews — the “constrained” or the “unconstrained” vision — explains Daniel J. Mahoney, a […]