Questions Without Answers About Ukraine
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Ukrainians, and many Europeans and Americans, are defining an envisioned Ukrainian victory as the complete expulsion of all Russians from its 2013 borders. Or, as a Ukrainian national security chief put it, the war ends with Ukrainian tanks in Red Square. But mysteries remain about such ambitious agendas. What would […]
Biden Grifters Diagnosis, Ukraine War Prognosis
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for the latest news: the impact of the Trump indictment, Biden family China nexus, banking crisis following SVB failure, Left’s destruction of culture, ISIS resurgent in Afghanistan and an update on the war in Ukraine.
What Happened to Stanford?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Stanford was once one of the world’s great universities. It birthed Silicon Valley in its prime. And along with its nearby twin and rival, UC Berkeley, its brilliant researchers, and teachers helped fuel the mid-20th-century California miracle. That was then. But like the descent of California, now something has gone […]
The Many Worlds of Roger Kimball
VDH talks with Roger Kimball about his directorship of Encounter Books and The New Criterion, the craziness on campuses, and the upcoming Republican primaries.
The Twitter Files Testimonies
On this episode, listen as Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Michael Caine’s performance in the 1964 war film Zulu, the Twitter Files hearings on Capitol Hill and the insanity of President Biden‘s $6.8 trillion proposed budget.
Are We the Byzantines?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness When Constantinople finally fell to the Ottomans on Tuesday, May 29, 1453, the Byzantine Empire and its capital had survived for 1,000 years beyond the fall of the Western Empire at Rome. Always outnumbered in a sea of enemies, the Byzantines’ survival had depended on its realist diplomacy of dividing its enemies, […]
The People’s Republic of Palo Alto
Listen as Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the failure of the Silicon Valley Bank, Dr. Fauci vs. Robert Redfield, and neighborly theft.
On the Cheap
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc talk about California storming, Kaepernick and Prince Harry childhood memories, Mexico’s Obredor comment, and Nicholas Wade’s testimony to the House Select Committee on Covid.
The March Madness of the President
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Another couple of weeks, another bout of madness from Joe Biden and his team. Of recent Biden delusions, consider: Biden went off in one of his impromptu Corn Pop, or “beat-up-Trump-behind-the-bleachers” fables. These often slurred and nearly unintelligible tales characteristically virtue signal Biden’s own victimhood and “courage.” They are interspersed […]
Capitol Videos and Punic Wars
For the weekend edition, Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc on the Mexican border kidnapping, WalMart closing stores due to historic theft in Portland, and Tucker Carlson’s video montage on Jan. 6. VDH continues his series on war with analysis of the Punic Wars.
Election Integrity: A Conversation with Cleta Mitchell
In this interview, Victor Davis Hanson talks with Cleta Mitchell about her profession and career devoted to election integrity and ballot transparency especially in the context of the 2020 election and looking forward to 2024.
The Unnaturals: Fauci, Lightfoot, and Newsom
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for the top stories: China’s military build up, Fauci backpedals, Lori Lightfoot loses, Robert Kennedy Jr. and Gavin Newsom as possible presidential candidates in the Democratic Party.
The Price of Eliminating Consequences
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Recently there were some remarkable online videos of a Portland, Oregon good Samaritan confronting shoplifters and forcing them to dump loads of their pilfered goods. More stunning, however, was the sheer outrage—of the thieves! They pouted. They screamed. They resisted. How dare anyone stop them from stealing anything they wished. […]
Trump, South Africa, and Dilbert
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine Trump’s speech at CPAC, South Africa in decline, Scott Adams “Dilbert” cartoonist cancelled, and the archaeology of a San Joaquin farm.
Life Among the Ruins
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness American society is facing three existential crises not unlike those that overcame the late Roman, and a millennium later, terminal Byzantine, empires. Premodern Barbarism We are suffering an epidemic of premodern barbarism. The signs unfortunately appear everywhere. Over half a million homeless people crowd our big-city downtowns. Most know the […]
Comeuppance, Conquest and Terror
Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc about the Wray and Garland testimonies to the House, Alexander the Great’s life and legacy, and terrorism 30 years after the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
Vietnam Revisited: Conversation With Mark Moyar
In this interview, Victor Davis Hanson talks with Mark Moyar about his new book “Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War, 1965-1968.” Access to North Vietnamese sources changes old assumptions of the war.
The American Pandemic
Victor and Jack analyze the things plaguing our culture and politics: COVID policy and regulations, extralegal powers of government agencies like the Department of Defense, and “Super Bowl” culture.
The Woke Wrecking Machine
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Almost everything that has followed from the woke mass hysteria gripping the nation since 2020 has proved disastrous. Wokeism destroys meritocracy in favor of forced equality of result—history’s prescription for civilizational decline. If we continue with the woke hiring of administrators, air traffic controllers, ground crews, pilots, and rail workers, […]
Men of Faith and Family and Our Hallowed Institutions
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Jimmy Carter’s life and legacy, destroying meritocracy in our institutions, and how Ron DeSantis should shape his campaign agenda.