VDH UltraLeftwing Hysteria and the Art of the Psychodrama. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson Do we remember the Duke Lacrosse and more recently the Duke Volleyball fake news accounts? If we do, it is likely in the context that while both were fake news stories, they remain important because their falsities served as teachable moments simply because they can remind us that they could in theory […]
VDH UltraLeftwing Hysteria and the Art of the Psychodrama. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson What follows is an extended analysis of how the Left obtains power without agendas that win popular support, and how such aggrandizement inflames social relations and national unity. The progressive media—which constitute the majority of print newspapers, network news, public radio and TV, Google/Apple/Yahoo news, and the best-funded online venues—have fused with […]
Crime and Punishment: How the Left Weaponized Our Government
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they analyze new special prosecutor Jack Smith investigating Trump, Trump’s dinner with Ye a.k.a. Kanye, Fauci’s legacy, and Bankman-Fried’s modus operandi.
Scott Atlas: Ordeal and Triumph
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson interview Scott Atlas on his struggles with the Left, the administration and Stanford faculty during the Covid crisis.
Was Trump Our Captain Queeg?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The Left, the NeverTrump Right, and many independents are tiring of Donald Trump’s recitations of prior, however justified, grievances at the hands of the media, the Democratic Party, the administrative state, and hard-core Left. The conventional wisdom runs that Trump’s whines and victimization recitations reveal deep paranoias, and increasingly to […]
The Culture of Wealth and a Selma Thanksgiving
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for talk about Thanksgiving in Selma. First, they explore the recent case of Samuel Bankman-Fried and Klaus Schwab’s remarks at the World Economic Forum.
The Same Old, Same Old Déjà Vu
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Attorney General Merrick Garland has just announced the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith. But Smith’s team will not look into the Biden family quid pro quo syndicate nor its incriminating confessionals on Hunter Biden’s laptop. Instead, it will further investigate Donald Trump’s possession of presidential records that were hauled off from […]
VDH UltraThe Madness and Trivia of Air Travel. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson 3) Boarding passengers should be greeted with “Put all cell phones away until seated.” How many times, reader, have you watched someone with one hand on the phone talking, the other trying to slam a too-large carry-on into an already stuffed overhead? (Or how many times has a passenger blocked the aisle, […]
VDH UltraThe Madness and Trivia of Air Travel. Part One
Víctor Davis Hanson I know the airlines have doubled the numbers of passengers of just a few years ago. I know in real dollars, fares, at least until Biden, are lower than ever. I know that chances of a lethal crackup in the skies are fewer than ever. I know they are gouged by astronomical […]
Post-Election Announcements and Investigations
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine Trump’s announcement of a run for the presidency, the Garland investigation of Trump and the House investigation of Hunter Biden, Pelosi to step down, and Lee Zeldin’s possible run for the chair of the Republican National Committee.
The Strange Morality of the Bay-Area Billionaire Left
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness “Ya. Hehe. I had to be. It’s what reputations are made of, to some extent. I feel bad for those guys who get f—ed by it, by this dumb game we woke westerners play where we say all the right shibboleths and so everyone likes us.” —Sam Bankman-Fried The FTX […]
The Streets of San Francisco
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc as they look at San Francisco’s culture and politics: from Nancy Pelosi to Sam Bankman-Fried to Musk’s exit, and rodent infestations, and Berkeley culture.
VDH UltraLet the People Decide!
Victor Davis Hanson After the midterms, Republican blame-gaming reached a crescendo. And it was fueled by two realities: one, Ron DeSantis had a spectacular night (and two years ago had delivered Florida for Trump in 2020), and two, Donald Trump, in circular fashion and often vulgarly, attacked almost everyone, from his wife Melania and Dr. […]
Our Military and Our Meritocracy
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the US Marine Corps, the war in Ukraine, and the asymmetry of radicalizing and tribalizing our culture. This last will not end well.
Let The Blame Games Begin?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Who or what was responsible for the Republican nationwide collapse in the midterms? After all, pundits, politicos, and pollsters all predicted a “red tsunami.” Moreover, the average loss of any president in his first midterm is 25 House seats. And when his approval sinks to or below 43 percent—in the […]
VDH on the Election, Trump and COVID with Megyn Kelly
VDH on independents breaking for Democrats, Trump’s announcement, and COVID lockdown harms.
VDH UltraA Drive into Oblivion. Part Three
Victor Davis Hanson I remember the rain year of 1982 when we rolled 100,000 raisin trays in 24 hours and hired anyone who could help us save the crop on the ground. Finally, my dad on his operated knees saw my mom rolling in the next row over and called out, “Well, look at that, […]
VDH UltraA Drive into Oblivion. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson About 20 minutes later I came upon another farmhouse, of all of them, the most completely run down (most of the land in these parts has been purchased by huge operations and the homes rented out to workers or undocumented). I stopped right in the street in my truck, as again the […]
Hurdles Republicans Need to Jump to Win Races
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to analyze what we learn from this election: the polls and polling, the new rules of voting, the Republican Party split, the Trump factor, and the culpability of the party leadership.
Tragically Trump
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness “Yet for a variety of reasons, both personal and civic, their characters not only should not be altered, but could not be, even if the tragic hero wished to change, given his megalomania and absolutist views of the human experience. In the classical tragic sense, Trump likely will end in […]