The Ukraine-American Gordian Knot
Most Americans sympathize with Ukraine and were and are willing to supply it with defensive weapons to repel Russian aggression. Proof of that goodwill is the virtual draining of U.S. weapon stocks—from stockpiles of anti-tank weapons and large-caliber artillery shells to anti-aircraft and surface-to-surface missiles. Yet the more the United States gives, the more Volodymyr […]
The Revolution in the Colonies and in Tractors
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc about the American Revolution and the history of tractors on the farm. He leads with a little more on the Trump indictment.
Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education
One of the most interesting shifts in the humanities is towards ‘social relevance’ and away from traditional modes of teaching. Is it right to say that the trend began several decades ago, at the same time Classical languages declined in primary schools? Today computer programs can translate languages almost instantly. The Classics, rooted for many […]
Justice, Injustice, and Fatal Street Brawling
Join Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc as they discuss a deadly fight in New York, Trump’s indictment charges and Waltine Nauta‘s role, and the Biden pride party.
VDH UltraThe Politics of Indictment. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson So what is the ultimate fate of Donald Trump? I wrote in The Case for Trump that he was a Sophoclean/John Ford tragic hero. If you have not read the Ajax, Antigone, or Philoctetes, you still know the stereotype from Shane, The Searchers, High Noon, The Magnificent Seven, and even in some […]
Our Merry Band of Censors and Other Lawlessness
Listen in as Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler in a discussion of Southern Poverty Law Center’s influence and hate lists, “studies” educator’s censoring and indoctrinating, censorship of politicians on social media, and the politics of illegal immigrants.
Indict Walt Nauta? Why Not the Biggest Liars First?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Walt Nauta is a 10-year-Navy veteran and served as an aide to former President Trump both in and out of office. Special Counsel Jack Smith has now indicted him for allegedly “making false statements in interviews with the FBI.” The indictment’s subtext is that Nauta refused to cooperate with, and […]
VDH UltraThe Politics of Indictment. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson Mike Pence had initially condemned Trump without context for his flawed archives protocols (he seems to be backtracking now). So has Chris Christie and Nikki Haley (she too had second thoughts). They are right that everyone must obey the law. But there are two other issues in play here: one, equality under […]
VDH UltraThe Trump Indictment—In 10 Bothersome Paradoxes
Victor Davis Hanson Yes, we are told Trump is facing serious charges. Experts tell us he will be going to prison. Some of his legal team have quit. Yes, he was sloppy about communicating with the lawyers of the National Archives. Yet, read the 1978 Presidential Records Act (put into place after the typical sloppy […]
The Indictment Revealed and Other Current Affairs
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for a look at the Trump indictment, comparable Biden family acts, Tucker Carlson’s return, can Putin be forced out of the Ukraine, Saudi sentiments, and China in Cuba.
From the Nova Kakhovka Dam to the 2024 Race
In this news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss Christopher Wray‘s fears, the Nord Stream pipeline, the Nova Kakhovka dam, Saudi oil production, CNN’s Chris Licht, and the recently announced Republican candidates for president.
The Pandemic of Nuclear Trash Talk
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness After the world escaped a nuclear exchange during the Cuban missile crisis of October 1962, it has been generally understood that nuclear-armed nations did not publicly threaten their rivals and enemies with thermonuclear weapons. Of course, there were occasional lunatic exceptions to the rule. Since 2006, when the unhinged North […]
The Things We Fight For
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for this weekend edition on Donald Trump’s indictment, D-Day remembrance, and the Thirty Years’ War.
VDH UltraSigns of Decay, Fears of Decline. Part Three
Victor Davis Hanson Another sign of decline is the weaponization and politicization of institutions. Decadent societies indict their former leaders upon leaving offices. Those in power sic federal agencies on their opponents. In turn, bureaucrats become agents of those in power, as if in private service—like laptop suppression, diary retrieval, performance-art raiding and arresting, or […]
Foreign Policy and Team Biden
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to look at foreign policy issues: the new political alliances of Russia, China and countries in the Middle East, the Wagner Group, and our own military missteps.
Remembering the Horrors of D-Day
Seventy-nine years ago this week, the Allies assaulted the Normandy beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Their invasion marked the largest amphibious landing since the Persians under Xerxes invaded the Greek mainland in 480 B.C. Nearly 160,000 American, British, and Canadian soldiers stormed five beaches of Nazi-occupied France. The plan was to liberate Western Europe […]
VDH UltraSigns of Decay, Fears of Decline. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson When I drive in rural California and see the shacks, trailers, and compounds of 30-40 persons living in ad hoc shelters with Romex wire and water hoses attached to a small farmhouse, I conclude that this poverty is much more a third-world scene than I remember of Tunisia, Algeria, or Turkey. Or […]