VDH UltraIsrael and Its Global Discontents
Victor Davis Hanson I just returned from 17 days abroad and watched a lot of BBC and CNN international news, given there were no other alternatives. Their coverage of the recent Israeli effort to destroy a terrorist network in Jenin was surreal. It can be summed up as the following: Killing Jews randomly inside Israel […]
Biden’s Record and Republican Campaigns
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about Bidenomics, Biden’s diplomacy, border and crime record, Turkey and the islands of Greece, the polls and DeSantis’ and Trump’s standing and campaigns, and affirmative action cases decided by the Supreme Court.
Illegal Immigration and Western Spiritual Sickness
The usual suspects have weighed in on recent belated efforts to enforce U.S. immigration laws. Our now bankrupt media, the corrupt government of Mexico, and the Diversity/Equity/Inclusion apparat have damned a series of laws recently passed by the Florida legislature and signed by Governor Ron DeSantis that enforce existing federal immigration laws. Such critics seem oblivious to […]
Jenin, Istanbul and Athens
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson discuss with cohost Sami Winc the latest about the 4th of July, cocaine in the White House, no child support as reparation, and the current state of nations in the eastern Mediterranean from which he just returned.
Causes of Civil War and More
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc have a conversation about Gal Luft the whistleblower, US weapons in the Ukraine war, causes of the Civil War, and the trick of repetition in agriculture.
VDH UltraAwakening the Snoring Conservative Dragon. Part Four
Victor Davis Hanson What can we do to resist Woke? Here are steps 7-10. 7. Continue demanding changes at the university—the incubator of the entire woke revolution. The point is not to harm but to save America’s once premier institution. Conservatives should insist on a program to save higher education to ensure our national preeminence. […]
All Things Presidential
Listen in as Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler look at the current presidential race and especially the Trump-DeSantis divide. Then VDH examines the records of presidents in history.
What the Fourth of July Was Not
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Our national Fourth of July holiday—currently the nation’s 247th since the first in 1776—marks the birth of the United States. The iconic Declaration of Independence was published on the 4th and largely written by Thomas Jefferson. Its core sentence would become among the most famous words in American history: “We hold these […]
Silicon Valley Technology and the Generals Kenney and Lemay
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler take questions on social media, whether our world mimics Ayn Rand’s vision, and Australia’s military history, which leads to a discussion of the generals George Kenney and Curtis LeMay.
VDH UltraPoking the Snoring Conservative Dragon. Part Three
Victor Davis Hanson What else should conservatives do to prevent another leftwing tsunami in 2024? 3. Match leftwing Super PACs like Vote Blue that focus on millions of smaller donors and outraise their conservative counterparts. The Left has the wealthy and the poor, but not the middle class. There are far more potential conservative American […]
What About It, VDH?
In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson takes on questions from his readers: he explains his optimism in US, takes a look at China today, assesses the decline of the ancient Athenian empire, gives a short on the Suez Crisis of 1955-56, and analyzes the long view of progressive control in US politics.
Donald J. Trump: An Unusual Political History
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss both how Trump became president and then was indicted — a comprehensive discussion.
VDH UltraPoking the Snoring Conservative Dragon. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson In 2024, the Left will spend $4-5 billion on the presidential and congressional races, with another $4-5 billion in free advertising in propaganda from network news, PBS, NPR, and the Silicon Valley mob. The latter again will do their leftist best, from rigging the order of Google searches, to banning supposed “misinformation” […]
A Writer’s Process and NATO’s Origins
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler entertain listeners’ questions on VDH’s writing practices and mentors, words of wisdom. Then he examines the origins and changes to NATO.
Biden Abroad: The Moral and Material Collapse of U.S. Foreign Policy
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The American post-Cold War order from the Ronald Reagan through George W. Bush administration is over. Barack Obama began its erosion with his tired lectures about the past sins of the United States. Obama empowered radical Islamists. He invited Russia back into the Middle East after a forty-year hiatus. He […]
VDH UltraPoking the Snoring Conservative Dragon. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson Conservative America has been growing ever angrier. But it still had remained inert and in somnolence about the ongoing woke revolution. But just lately that comatose dragon is beginning to awake—and with a roar. Conservatives usually do not boycott or embargo. They are too busy with work, family, church, and community. In […]
Victor Davis Hanson, Part II: The Contrarian Agrarian
VDH on the writing process for his books and columns, examine how “World War II” has earned that name, and preview his upcoming book, The End of Everything: How War Becomes Armageddon.
A Special on Military Training Institutions
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as VDH chronicles his experience as an instructor at Annapolis Naval Academy and other military institutions, and also recounts seminal moments in his career.
VDH UltraSigns of Decay, Fears of Decline. Part Six
Victor Davis Hanson I bought new a 2021 Ram V6-EcoDiesel, four-wheel drive pickup. I like it a great deal. It has a lot of torque and horsepower, yet often achieves 31 miles per gallon on the freeway. The salesman said it was reliable and my research and word of mouth contacts sort of confirmed his […]
A Classicist Farmer: The Life and Times of Victor Davis Hanson
VDH talks about his rich and fascinating family history and the sweeping changes he’s lived through in terms of both the business of farming and its social life.