The Gathering Storm in the West
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Canada is now governed by absurdism, and it is symptomatic of an ailing Western elite. Liberal Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week invoked martial law to arrest and financially destroy truckers on the charge that their largely peaceful protests are “dismantling the Canadian economy” that had already been dismantled […]
VDH UltraFive Realities We Dare Not Speak
Victor Davis Hanson Historian’s Corner 1. We Have No Border An open border is destroying the United States. Just under two million illegal aliens crossed into the United States from the most impoverished areas in the world. They arrive in large part without English, capital, skills, high-school diplomas, background checks, vaccinations, or COVID-tests. They arrived […]
Hillary Clinton’s Greatest Masterpiece
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Hillary Clinton’s never-ending shenanigans in 2015-2016 could be summarized as an attempted slow-motion coup. Four years of national hysteria, a divided nation, and dangerous new tensions with Russia were some of the wages of Clinton’s machinations. Clinton hired a British national and ex-spy, Christopher Steele, to compile dirt on her […]
The Elite’s Downfall and the Truckers’ Uprising
Jack and Victor talk about the elite’s accomplishments, the Canadian truckers’ idealism and American’s confidence in the military.
VDH UltraStability, Once Lost, is Hard to Regain. Part Two
Victor Davis HansonHistorian’s Corner Gas and Oil Think back 13 months ago. Gas and diesel fuel were about half the price they are now. America was de facto energy independent, which was psychologically reassuring to the American public. Domestically produced fuels invigorated the economy. Commuters saved collectively billions of dollars in annual fuel costs. There […]
Street People, Masks and Crackpipes
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler talk over the streets of San Francisco, Stacey Abram’s call racism, the politics of masks, crack pipes and Kamala’s first trip to Europe.
VDH UltraStability, Once Lost, is Hard to Regain. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson Deterrence Deterrence is the classical effort to scare somebody off from attacking you, or your interests—without a major conflict. It is hard to obtain and predicated on being predictable in reacting to aggression, while remaining unpredictable in the level of violence employed. Deterrence can be lost by ennui and becoming transparently passive, […]
Joe Biden, Alchemist
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Medieval alchemists sought to turn base metals into precious metals like gold. The more the alchemists bumped into the reality that gold was an element, the more desperately they sought to find fantastic ways to fabricate the rare element out of nothing. Joe Biden operates on the same alchemist principles. […]
Why Ideology Is the Ancient Enemy of Civilization
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness What ultimately destroyed the evil empires of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia were bankrupt dogmas. Crackpot ideology destroyed free expression. It ruined meritocracy and ensured unequal application of the laws—and so paved the way for far worse. The Nazi idea of a superior Aryan race adjudicated everything from physics to […]
Under the Rock of History
In the Saturday edition, Victor Davis Hanson talks about many misconceptions of World War II and some modern misconception about inflations, Obama, and Biden. Listen in with cohost Sami Winc.
Surveillance, Supreme Court, Censorship and More
In their Friday news round-up, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss the surveillance of congressmen after Jan. 6, Supreme Court justices, big tech censorship, Pelosi’s warning of “ruthless” Chinese, illegal immigration, and a Republican coalition.
VDH UltraThe Wages of Woke Ignorance. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson Historian’s Corner The 1619 idea was designed to provoke, not instruct, and, of course, make Ms. Jones “controversial.” 1619 would have vanished with easy refutation—except the New York Times sponsored the ruse. And the rest is history. The powers of relativism were invoked (e.g., “who is to say that one date is […]
Trouble Here and in England
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about trouble at 10 Downing Street, a crime wave in the US, Putin’s cost-benefit analysis, and what happened to BLM leadership and why.
VDH UltraThe Wages of Woke Ignorance. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson Education is a zero-sum game. Every decision to read one book entails not reading another. For every language mastered, yet another is shorted. What to study is as important as studying anything at all. Ars longa, vita brevis. Woke is many things—Marxist, nihilist, cruel, incoherent, and especially careerist and grifting. But we […]
Zucker, Truckers, and Things That Make You Pucker
A look at the popular dissatisfaction with the direction of America, Tuckers protest in Canada, the Zucker resignation, Whoopi’s transgressions, and Spotify wars. Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler.
VDH UltraA Child’s Garden of Animals. Mr. Possum and His Pecan Tree. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson As I said, I used to hunt at the woodpile and usually at sunset. One early evening, a huge “thing” broke out of the woodpile. I assumed it was some sort of coyote (distance was only 40 yards, but the wood pile and lengthy shadows camouflaged the target.) I shot once and […]
Our Elite Is No Elite at All
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness An elite is always variously defined. The ideal elites, as ancient philosophers argued, were a “natural elite” due to their exemplary character, aptitude, and work ethic. Understandably, a towering few ascended from all walks of life to positions of power, influence, and occasional wealth. But such a natural meritocracy, for […]
1960s: Looking Back and Forward at Counter-Culture
Inspired by recent critique of Joe Rogan by artist Neil Young, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc take us back to the 1960s where Young was a leader in the music scene of counter-culture.
VDH UltraA Child’s Garden of Animals. Mr. Possum and His Pecan Tree. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson A Child’s Garden I think I was six or seven before I fully realized the farm was swarming with opossums. Given they were nocturnal creatures, I never saw one—until one day sometime around 1960, my grandfather asked us to go the henhouse near the barn and collect eggs. This time I noticed […]
Leaks, Protests and Party Politics
Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc on the week’s stories: leaks on Hunter Biden’s Burisma ties and on the disastrous pull-out from Afghanistan, the Canadian truckers protest, and inside the Republic party.