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Iran Stalls, Two-Tier Justice in Britain, and America’s Immigration & Jobs Reckoning
Victor Davis Hanson covers the stalled Iran negotiations on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” argues that Iran is delaying while proxies attack and that the U.S. should issue firm demands and, if unmet, use decisive military pressure to restore deterrence. Victor and Jack Fowler react to the Henry Nowak killing… Continue reading Iran Stalls, Two-Tier Justice in Britain, and America’s Immigration & Jobs Reckoning
Founders’ Fire: From 1776 to Trump—Arthur Herman on Innovation, Wealth, and American Renewal
Victor Davis Hanson interviews historian Arthur Herman about his book “Founders’ Fire: From 1776 to the Age of Trump,” linking the Founding Fathers to later American business and technology founders and arguing they drive American exceptionalism through risk-taking and innovation. Herman describes a recurring cycle in which founder energy becomes institutionalized and bureaucratic until crises… Continue reading Founders’ Fire: From 1776 to Trump—Arthur Herman on Innovation, Wealth, and American Renewal
When to Fear Dictatorship Coming to America, Part Five
Victor Davis Hanson 4) Does the government punish or spy on citizens and journalists as a form of political harassment or in an effort to suppress information in the private sphere on partisan grounds? In 2012, the Obama Attorney General, Eric Holder, ordered taps on 20 phone lines of Associated Press reporters to monitor their… Continue reading When to Fear Dictatorship Coming to America, Part Five
When and Whom to Fear About Dictatorship, Part Four
Victor Davis Hanson 3) Does the government pick and choose which laws to enforce in order to punish enemies and reward friends, and advance the political narrative? Do officials lie under oath with impunity? Note further that all three intelligence heads under Barack Obama had lied under oath: CIA Director Brennan did twice to Congress,… Continue reading When and Whom to Fear About Dictatorship, Part Four
Iranian Endgames?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The Trump administration has bent over backward to negotiate an end to Iran’s grand plans to develop nuclear weapons—before the June 2025 bombing, afterward, and again during the follow-up diplomacy of spring 2026. Yet Iran is unlikely ever to abandon its pursuit of the bomb voluntarily. With nuclear weapons, Tehran… Continue reading Iranian Endgames?
‘Class Snob’ Democrats Clash With ICE Agents in New Jersey
Victor Davis Hanson comments on the rising hostility toward ICE agents after the arrest of Nicholas Matthew Scelfo for threatening an agent’s family, arguing authorities should make examples of such offenders while blue-state politics instead target citizen-journalism. Hanson portrays anti-ICE protests as an elitist class phenomenon that harms working-class communities and ties it to broader… Continue reading ‘Class Snob’ Democrats Clash With ICE Agents in New Jersey
California Politics, Greek Mythology, and The Future of the West
California’s political dysfunction, growing concerns over immigration and election integrity, and declining trust in public institutions reflect a broader struggle over accountability, governance, and national identity. Questions surrounding border security, demographic change, public safety, and political leadership continue to shape debates across the United States while voters increasingly question whether government institutions are serving the… Continue reading California Politics, Greek Mythology, and The Future of the West
Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and Why Trump Holds All the Cards
Iran, China, immigration, elite institutions, and the future direction of the Democratic Party all point back to a broader debate over power, nationalism, and the stability of the Western world. Growing tensions in the Middle East, questions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, and fears of conflict with China continue shaping American foreign policy, while political… Continue reading Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and Why Trump Holds All the Cards
The Modern Left Wants Control More Than Accountability
America’s political and cultural institutions are becoming increasingly centralized, ideological, and disconnected from ordinary citizens. Media organizations, universities, government agencies, and political elites continue accusing opponents of authoritarianism while expanding their own influence over public life, speech, and information. This phenomenon helps explain California’s political decline, the growing distrust in elite institutions, the use of… Continue reading The Modern Left Wants Control More Than Accountability
When and Whom to Fear About Dictatorship, Part Three
Victor Davis Hanson 1) Does the government use the administrative state to advance its own political agendas and to punish its enemies? In 2013, a top IRS lawyer, Lois Lerner, confessed that she and other members of her team had wrongly denied non-profit status to various conservative groups in order to weaken conservative opposition to… Continue reading When and Whom to Fear About Dictatorship, Part Three
‘Scoundrel’ Adam Schiff Has No Grounds Against Tulsi Gabbard
Former Democrat turned Trump’s director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, announced her resignation last week, citing her husband’s ongoing battle with bone cancer. While her time in office was marked by some big America First wins, like declassifications of the Russia collusion hoax documents, it was only a matter of time before Gabbard was brought… Continue reading ‘Scoundrel’ Adam Schiff Has No Grounds Against Tulsi Gabbard
When and Whom to Fear About Dictatorship, Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson 1) Does the government use its powers to interfere in elections and often unite with toadish private enterprises to ensure electoral victories? Barack Obama assembled the heads of the CIA and the FBI and the director of National Intelligence and ordered them to ignore their own bureaus’ assessments that there was no… Continue reading When and Whom to Fear About Dictatorship, Part Two
Spare Us the Selective Outrage
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Since October 7, we have been lectured nonstop about the supposedly singular sins of Israel. The campuses, the left-wing media, and the new Democratic Socialist officials, both federal and state, following the cue of student activists and professors from the Middle East, have painted Israel and their Jewish supporters as… Continue reading Spare Us the Selective Outrage
Memorial Day, Civic Duty, and the Cost of Leadership
Political dysfunction in California, the collapse of communist regimes, the meaning of Memorial Day, and the importance of the citizen soldier all point back to the same question: what happens when leaders become detached from the people they govern? Cuba remains impoverished decades after revolution while political elites continue to prosper. California continues to struggle… Continue reading Memorial Day, Civic Duty, and the Cost of Leadership
‘He tore out the scab’: Trump exposes Europe’s wounds on defense, energy, borders
Author and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson claims US President Donald Trump exposed Europe’s weaknesses on defence, energy and borders. “There was a wound that was there, and Trump didn’t cause it; he tore out the scab and exposed it,” Mr Hanson told Sky News Digital Presenter Trum. “They were essentially unarmed; they’re… Continue reading ‘He tore out the scab’: Trump exposes Europe’s wounds on defense, energy, borders
What Arab Nations Really Want to Happen to Iran
The Arab nations, most namely Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, want the United States to destroy the Iranian regime—they’re just not willing to both say it out loud, and do it themselves, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
The Political Divide
Victor Davis Hanson explains the language of division, hate, and invective that is dividing our nation.
America Is Not Caught in a ‘Thucydides Trap!’
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The distinguished political scientist Graham Allison, author of the 2015 Atlantic article “The Thucydides Trap,” argued that often in history an established power will stage a preventive war against an ascendant adversary—for fear that otherwise it will soon lose its primacy. His title derives from two passages in the first book of… Continue reading America Is Not Caught in a ‘Thucydides Trap!’
Kamala Harris’ Radical ‘No Bad Ideas’ Playbook, the Left’s War on Police, and Colbert’s Nihilism
Kamala Harris floats “no bad ideas” proposals like abolishing the Electoral College and packing the Supreme Court. Democrats only attack rules when out of power, argue Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” They connect these trends to broader left-wing efforts to change American institutions,… Continue reading Kamala Harris’ Radical ‘No Bad Ideas’ Playbook, the Left’s War on Police, and Colbert’s Nihilism