New Rules for Radicals: How to Reinvent Kamala Harris
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness How do accomplished radicals elect a mediocre far-left presidential candidate? The task might at first seem impossible. Kamala Harris is currently a radical incumbent vice president. For more than three years, she was second in command to an unprecedentedly unliked Democrat president, his failed policies, and his unpopular record. Harris […]
VDH UltraOne Long, Long, Angry Letter: Part One
From: Michael Dernburg Subject: The Creepy, Weird, and Dangerous Aspects of the 2024 Campaign I find the publication on Hoover’s web site by Victor Davis Hanson from Aug 15, 2024 regarding “The Creepy, Weird, and Dangerous Aspects of the 2024 Campaign” particularly offensive because this writing violates the mission of the Hoover Institute [sic]; that […]
VDH UltraVDH Responds to Angry Reader Howard Wohl, Part Two:
Yes, when Democrats controlled the White House and the Senate, the nation between 1960 and 1990 experienced the most leftwing court in memory. I don’t recall any serious conservative effort to pack or change the court. Almost every conservative justice in that era after being appointed drifted leftward; again, I don’t recall any such trending […]
From Military Decisions to Campaign Rhetoric
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine US policy on Israel and the current bombing, VDH’s military group, the never-Trumpers, voting impact of RFK Jr.’s support of Trump, interview-phobic Harris and the Left’s real “way forward,” Newsom waiting in the wings, saving universities from the Left and hypocrisy gone wild at […]
The Quiet Before the Storms in Ukraine, Gaza, and Taiwan?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness There are three current hot or cold wars: on the Ukrainian border, in the regions surrounding Israel, and in the strategic space between Taiwan and mainland China. All three conflicts could not only expand within their respective theaters but also escalate to draw in the United States. And all three […]
Tocqueville’s Appraisal and Harris’ Speech
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson with cohost Sami Winc discusses the “New Way Forward” message, Oprah’s sense of “unfairness,” Democrats and abortion, Trump at the border, and Harris’ speech to the DNC. Don’t miss the middle segment where VDH explores the works of Alexis de Tocqueville and his admiration of American democracy.
Obamas at the DNC and what’s next for RFK Jr.
In this Friday news roundup episode of the Victor Davis Hanson Show, Victor and co-host Sami Winc dive into the latest happenings from the Democratic National Convention, including an analysis of speeches by Barack and Michelle Obama. We also discuss the unexpected moves by RFK Jr., the dynamics between Trump and his opponents, and the […]
VDH UltraAngry Reader 08-23-2024
From An Angry Reader, Part One: You place the lying, phony, anti-Democracy Donald J Trump along with the maniacal J D Vance as the potential saviors of the US? Lies and more lies. And you have the hubris to claim that Kamala can’t get a word out of her mouth because she is so stupid. […]
Who Is ‘Destroying Democracy in Darkness?’
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The 2023-2024 campaign season is not just the strangest on record, it’s also arguably the most anti-democratic. Ostensibly, the Democratic Party has claimed over the last decade that Donald Trump posed a continued and existential threat to the republic. That allegation subsequently justified a variety of anti-democratic means to neuter […]
From the First Day of DNC to the GOP Impeachment Report
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to examine the first day of the Democratic National Convention, Kamala’s economic policy, AOC’s buoyant appearance, why Iran dallies, Democrats side-step democracy, the GOP impeachment report, and can John Deere and Harley Davidson go woke.
VDH UltraA Not Angry Reader 08-21-2024
Victor, I cannot reconcile the facts surrounding the Biden surrender/Harris surge regarding the Democrat presidential candidate except to suspect this did not unfold per the desire of the party elites. Perhaps I am lacking factual understanding but here’s my perception of the facts: * The majority of the party recognized Biden could not beat Trump, […]
The Truth About Consequences: the No-Consequences Society Must Go
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they examine Kamala on street protests 2020-2024, Walz’s criminal lying, two scenarios about the Democratic National Convention, impact on Iran of the Shukr assassination, and universities needing to punish the criminal behavior of protestors and their accessories to the crimes.
VDH UltraPenetrating Kamala Harris’s Iron Dome?
Victor Davis Hanson The only way Harris–Walz will emerge from their fusion media Iron Dome is if they begin to trail four or so points in the polls. But since there may not be enough time in this bizarre, abbreviated campaign to allow them organically to melt down in their banality, the only way Trump […]
The Myriad Projections of the 2024 Campaign
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Projectionism Projection is a Freudian psychological term. It describes a particular defensive mechanism, when people, often unconsciously, attribute their own (usually undesirable) behaviors to others who do not have them. These mental gymnastics are intended to alleviate one’s own guilt or sense of inadequacy at the expense of another. Sound […]
Trump’s Poll Lead and Kamala’s Press Strategy
Join the weekend edition where Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc talk about the Harris-Walz talk and Harris’s speech, the Israel ceasefire, the military parade in Kabul, a ruling against UCLA’s treatment of Jewish students, and a discussion of Edward Gibbons’ The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
VDH UltraThe Week That Was. Part Three: Can this Cabal Be Cracked?
Victor Davis Hanson Trump/Vance have less than 12 weeks to crack the Harris/Walz/DNC/media/donor/backroom cabal and expose the Democratic ticket as the first Biden administration on steroids. Can it be done? Debates? Trump is again now negotiating for debates. He must avoid the 2020 first debate performance when his disruption gained sympathy for a bewildered Biden […]
Pollsters, Campaign Ads, and Ghosts from Walz’s Past
Join Victor Hanson and cohost Sami Winc in the Friday news roundup: the incoherence of a never-Trumper, the pollsters on the impact of Kamala’s candidacy, Hunter’s foreign affairs revealed, a Kamala ad, and more this week on incidents purely Walz.
The Weird, Creepy, Surreal — and Dangerous — 2024 Campaign
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The already-long 2024 presidential campaign has become the strangest in modern history. Here are ten unanswered questions that illustrate how and why we’ve entered this bizarro world: How can Kamala Harris merely promise us fixes to come in 2025 for inflation and an open border when she is still vice president […]
Unemployment, UNWRA, and Other Unforgettable Stories
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and his cohost Jack Fowler talk about unemployment in the US, more tortured tales of Tim Walz, the UNWRA staff participants in Oct. 7, analysis of the media, and riots in Britain and legal asymmetry.