Blue Laws for Red Citizens
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness One state prosecutor and one civilian plaintiff have already won huge fines and damages from Donald Trump that may, with legal costs, exceed $500 million. Trump awaits further civil and criminal liability in three other federal, state, and local indictments. There are eerie commonalities in all these five court cases […]
Our Jacobins: a Smorgasbord of News
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler analyze the news: breaking critics of Left policy, hunting down and terrorizing over pronouns, 90-year-old fired for pronoun confusion, the spectacle of a transexual funeral at Catholic diocese, remembering the nuclear family, interfering in Israel’s politics, and squatters taking over homes in the US.
VDH UltraOde to a Collapsing Barn. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson When the almond shakers and sweepers of the surrounding orchards kicked up clouds of dust the floors by this November were 3–4 inches deep in dirt. It was in theory a barn, but so perforated and porous that the inside was not much different from the world outside. About 10 years ago […]
A Warning: Trials, Testimony and the Trump Treatment
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the Letitia James ruling, Willis testimony, treatment of Trump is a message to NY businessmen, could Trump lose in November, East Palestine visit, dealing with illegals, anticipating voters in 2024, Birmingham, AL in 1963, and Venezuelan troops on Guyana border.
VDH UltraOde to a Collapsing Barn. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson I was told by my grandfather (1890–1976) that his grandmother Lucy Anna Davis (1832–1923) when she and her boys arrived by train here from Missouri (ca. 1870–71), bought what is now left of our present farm from the railroad (ca. $4 an acre contingent on improvements made within a set period of […]
Delusions, Alternate Realities, and the Biden Consortium
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Hunter Biden has a train of a dozen lawyers defending him on felony indictments ranging from several counts of tax fraud to gun violations. From time to time, the contents of his laptop come up, both in these criminal trials and in civil suits. The information on the laptop is, […]
Ancient Tragedians and Modern Agonistes
Join the weekend episode with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for analysis of Biden’s speech on Alexei Navalny death, Fani Willis’s trial, the Shellenberger-Taibbi-Gutentag investigation, a third party in our democracy, and the ancient Greek tragedians, Sophocles and Aeschylus.
Eyes Open Wide: Hoaxes, Indictments and Whistleblowers
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for the news roundup: Kansas City shooting, Mayorkas impeached, China scare, two-state solution nightmare, government culpability in the Russian hoax, Elise Stefanik, Tony Bobulinski, and more.
VDH UltraVictor Davis Hanson Responds to Angry Reader Michael Dernburg Continued
What is the Matter with Victor? Part Two 4) By late 2019, the Trump administration finally had managed to cease stop-and-release, rebuild over 500 miles of the rickety border fence, begin on new portions of it, demand refugees apply for status in their own countries, and leverage President Obrador of Mexico to stop transiting millions […]
Looking for the Next President
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about Haley still in the race, congressman Bowman once encouraged students to admire criminal icons, the Bronx residents want to meet Trump, the economy is a disaster, the anything-but-Biden crowd, and Dartmouth’s return to S.A.T. scores for admissions.
The Strange Disconnect Between Israel and Ukraine
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The Ukrainian and Israeli wars are similar and yet also different conflicts—but in more ways than we can imagine. Ukraine was invaded by a huge Russian state, with a population three-and-a-half times greater, a gross national product ten times larger, and an area thirty times its size. Hamas, by contrast, […]
VDH UltraAngry Reader 02-14-2024
From an Angry Reader: What is the Matter with Victor? Part One What is the Matter with Victor What is the matter with Victor? The latest diatribe about Joe Biden not trying to the immigration problem is total diction of the Truth! Anyone who is breathing and has a functioning brain iOS aware that Trump […]
VDH UltraHistory—and Ukraine and Israel
Victor Davis Hanson After the heroic late February and early March 2022 salvation of Kyiv by ad hoc Ukrainian forces, ebullience swept the West. Putin and his thuggish invasion were seemingly defeated and the war all but won. Amid such euphoria, billions of dollars of weapons poured into Ukraine. European and American politicos outdid each […]
Putin Interview, Biden Defense, and Free Speech
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler analyze Tucker Carlson’s interview of Putin, Biden’s response to documents investigation, and the Mark Steyn settlement which is about free speech.
Do Leftists Now Believe Leftism Doesn’t Work?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness It is hard to destroy a naturally beautiful city like San Francisco, with ideal weather and stunning infrastructure inherited from far better earlier generations. Yet San Francisco continues its much-publicized and self-inflicted doom loop. The productive classes still flee the increasingly crime-ridden city and its self-induced pathologies. The city is […]
Addled Biden and Xenophon Our First Polymath
Join Victor Davis Hanson with cohost Sami Winc this weekend for a discussion of Biden’s “reassuring” speech, the Biden classified files, and Xenophon’s life as a soldier, philosopher, historian, and his works covering everything from war to Socrates to everyday life–is he the first man we should know from Ancient Greece.
VDH UltraParadoxes of America in the Paradoxical Middle East loop
Victor Davis Hanson There have been some 170 attacks on American installations spread over Syria, Iraq, and Jordan. And while they are not always identical in mission and nature, our bases’ general agenda is to help governments in the Middle East resist the resurgence of ISIS, a Sunni-derived radical terrorist organization that during the Obama […]
Impeachment, the Border and Targeting Trump
In this news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc look at Mayorkas’ impeachment, the border bill dead in Congress, an update and overview of the Trump cases, and mayor Eric Adam’s frustrations.
Envisioning a Better Nation: Musk and Mega-Donors
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Elon Musk’s compensation denied and ideas of a new university, reforming entrenched DEI, financing illegals and fiscal responsibility, mega-donors begin to see the downside to elite universities, and Trump’s case postponed.
The Absurd Democrat Border Con
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness In 2021, Joe Biden opened wide an inherited, secure southern border that had finally stopped mass illegal immigration. When he overturned Donald Trump’s efforts, a planned flood of over 8 million illegal immigrants entered the U.S. Almost all arrived without background checks, health screening, or vaccination certificates—but with massive needs […]