Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Is Way Out of Her Depth’
Victor and Jack discuss how a recent Supreme Court oral argument reminds us just how “out of her depth” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson truly is, the true “brilliance” behind Sen. John Fetterman’s PR strategy, and why is the Left now trying to “cancel” Taylor Swift.
VDH UltraThe Secret But Real Story of California. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson Why is California so dysfunctional? It is not from want of state treasury money. Its highest tax bracket in the nation is 13.3 percent. It relies on only about 1 percent of the state’s households to pay nearly 50 percent of all state income tax revenue. But then again, California has more […]
VDH UltraThis Election Season Has Shown Us Who Really Controls the Democrat Party
Description: Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss the New York mayoral campaign, Democrat’s Jay Jones problem in Virginia, George Santos sentence commuted, banning soccer game against Israel in the U.K., “No Kings” Protest and more on this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson in His Own Words.”
VDH UltraLetitia James Indictment Is Just the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’
Description: Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss Letitia Jame’s real estate fraud, tomahawks to Ukraine, Tom Homan bribery accusation, and fighter jets in World War II, and more.
VDH UltraThe Secret But Real Story of California. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson Gavin Newsom is running for president. Yet, he is not broadcasting his qualifications by citing his history of eight years as Governor of California, eight years as Lieutenant Governor, his eight years as Mayor of San Francisco, and not his eight years on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Why? During these […]
This Election Season, We’re Reminded Who’s Actually Runs the Democrat Party
Victor and Jack single out the two major takeaways from last week’s New York City mayoral debate: Andrew Cuomo is a shell of his former self and Zohran Mamdani is a “carnivore in sheep’s clothing”. They also discuss how John Bolton’s ego got the best of him, the banning of Israeli fans from attending a […]
Letitia James Indictment Is Just the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’
In this episode, VDH and Sami cover the situation in Ukraine, the legal challenges faced by Letitia James, the historical significance of air power during World War II, and more.
Who or What Will Finally End Hamas?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Hamas was born and exists to kill Jews, seek the destruction of Israel, and, to some extent, overthrow or subvert pro-Western Arab governments. Period. For those ends, it diverted billions of dollars from the people of Gaza to build a vast subterranean labyrinth of military headquarters and arsenals. It expropriated […]
Trump Takes a Victory Lap As Europe Begrudgingly Smiles After Gaza Peace Deal
From the European countries who almost sabotaged the Gaza Peace Deal to Obama dipping his toes back into politics, Victor and Sami tackle it all on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:”
The West Commits Suicide and Katie Porter Fails Management 101
On today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor and Jack revisit California Gubernatorial Candidate Katie Porter’s recent shortcoming as a manager, the ‘Liberal West’s’ suicidal tendencies, and Gavin Newsom’s California latest attempts to take on reparations.
VDH UltraGaza: How Other Plans Evaporated and How This Might Last
Victor Davis Hanson shows how prior peace plans failed, and how this one might not.
How Biden and Obama Failed in the Middle East
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The short answer to why both the Biden and Obama administrations failed to achieve peace in the Middle East is that they took actions opposite to Trump’s current efforts, which have led to a ceasefire. First, consider Iran. Iran was flush with cash, on a trajectory toward a nuclear weapon, […]
The Democrats’ October Surprises
On today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor and Jack list off and examine a few of the Democrat Party’s’ own self-inflicted surprises this October: Abigail Spanberger’s calamitous performance in the first and only 2025 Virginia Gubernatorial debate, and the strategy behind the Democrats’ unpopular government shutdown.
Victor Davis Hanson interviews Senator John Kennedy
Description: Victor Davis Hanson interviews Senator John Kennedy about his new book “How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will.” They discuss early Biden cognitive trouble, scared and tone deaf Democrats, federal and state juridication and more.
VDH UltraRemembering the Same Old, Same Old Protests—Now and 50 Years Ago. Part Five
Victor Davis Hanson As we walked out of the now deserted class, Billy suddenly seemed upset and added, “We need to split up and get the f**k out of here.” And I said, “Why? They started it, and they were the violent ones. We were just staying in the class we paid for.” He said […]
The Pieces of Trump’s Peace
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness What did Donald Trump do differently to obtain at least temporary calm in the Middle East compared to the failed efforts of past administrations, foreign powers, and the United Nations? Let us count ten different approaches. Trump curtailed a considerable amount of Iranian oil income and its dispersal. He stopped, […]
VDH UltraReview: One Year until Midterms
Description: Victor Davis Hanson recaps events nine months into the “counter-revolution” of the second Trump administration, with thirteen months left until the 2026 midterm elections.
About The “Jews”
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Van Jones, the CNN host and commentator, recently complained that neither the global left nor the mainstream media are covering the horrific violence against Nigerian civilians by Islamic terrorists. True, they are not reporting the slaughter. Truer still, they should be. However, Van Jones went completely off the rails when he blamed “the […]
VDH UltraSpying on Senators and Crushing Free Speech in the UK
Description: In this episode, VDH and Jack cover the recent revelations about the FBI spying on U.S. senators, the anniversary of the October 7th attacks in Israel, political prosecutions under the Biden administration, the state of free speech in the UK and more.
VDH UltraRemembering the Same Old, Same Old Protests—Now and 50 Years Ago. Part Four
Victor Davis Hanson My next occasion with the anti-war, Che Guevara, Santa Cruz Left followed the next spring, 1973. These were the final gasps of anti-war protests sputtering out over the very end of the Cambodia misadventure, with the U.S. Air Force bombing of Cambodia to save the pro-American Lon Nol government (the tail end […]