VDH UltraA Brief Anatomy of Ukraine. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson Why Did Putin Invade Now? (Continued) We have seen why Putin did not trust Trump to be silent if he invaded Ukraine. Here are ten reasons why Biden assured him of a flabby response to an envisioned invasion. Biden appeared doddering, non compos mentis, and mentally enfeebled. His diminished state suggested (to […]
Is There Hope for the ‘Dying Citizen’?
On Thursday, April 28, 2022 Pepperdine School of Public Policy hosted the 2022 Augustus and Patricia Tagliaferri Dean’s Distinguished Lecture entailed Is There Hope for the ‘Dying Citizen’? featuring Dr. Victor Davis Hanson.
VDH UltraA Brief Anatomy of Ukraine. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson Why Did Putin Invade Now? Wars usually start with the loss of deterrence. So legitimate questions are raised why Putin chose to invade Ukraine in February 2022, and not say during 2017, 2018, 2019, or 2020? After all, these were all periods when Donald Trump was under attack by a special prosecutor, […]
The American Diet: Capitalism, Truth, and the GOP
Listen in as Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc talk about corporate America, climate change, and the Left’s fears of the Republican Party with the impending midterm election.
The New Disinformationists
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The Biden Administration feels that it must now use federal resources to attack “disinformation.” So the Department of Homeland Security recently announced the creation of a “disinformation governance board.” The board’s executive director, Nina Jankowicz, at least has clear qualifications for the post. She previously had spread false rumors on social […]
An Interview with Classicist and Military Historian Barry Strauss
Victor Davis Hanson and Barry Strauss discuss his recent book, The War That Made the Roman Empire, and his friendship and experiences with Victor as classicists and military historians. Don’t miss them on the Roman Empire, reshaping the West, and his fascinating thesis.
From Elon Musk’s Twitter to Biden’s Inflation
Listen to Victor and Sami as they talk about Elon Musk, The Democratic Party, and the crisis of rising inflation.
VDH UltraAngry Reader 04-29-22
Victor Davis HansonFrom An Angry Reader: MLK-liberal Victor Davis Hanson admits once again that he facilitated the second-class citizen treatment of his white classics students while helping minorities leap over them. In earlier podcasts he has complained that the Hispanics he helped then turned on him, adopting Spanish surnames and Woke values, as well as […]
Burnout: Leftism Fatigues America
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk over the destructiveness of Fauci’s mask mandate and other Left lies that destroyed people’s lives, the Durham investigation, what our military should really be focused on, and America as La-la land.
Tearing Down the Silicon Valley Wall
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Elon Musk has finally managed to buy Twitter. And the moment he did, the enraged Left flipped out. Abruptly leftists began trashing their favorite electronic communications platform as the domain of the nation’s elite, professional classes. Had they just discovered that they had been racists and privileged users all this time? […]
Who Holds the Cards?
Listen in to Victor Davis Hanson discuss with cohost Jack Fowler Musk’s offer for Twitter, Sharpton’s new cynicism, DeSantis v. Disney, Never-Trump-itis, and monetary policy.
VDH UltraAngry Reader 04-27-22
From An Angry Reader: Prof. Hanson, Your idiotic take on the left’s nihilism left me incredibly surprised. A completely new low, even for you. How about you do one on the right’s nihilism? According to you right wing nut jobs: scientists telling us the planet is becoming inhospitable don’t know anything, investing in infrastructure is […]
Remembering the Old Breed. Part Four
Victor Davis Hanson A Child’s Garden of Animals What did Mr. Frank Hanson teach us? How to ride mules, donkeys, and horses bareback. How to put a saddle on—and how to ride with it. And the “nevers”: Never leave an animal tied up in the sun. Never leave any animal without a pan of water. […]
Our Spanish Civil War?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness From 1936 to 1939, the civil war in Spain became a European laboratory of new tactics, strategies, logistics, wartime morality, and weapons. Right-wing nationalists under General Francisco Franco finally defeated loyal supporters of an evolutionary socialist republic—but only after much of the Western world had variously weighed in. The cost […]
Living the “Satyricon”
Victor Davis Hanson On the Roman novel by Petronius The Satyricon of Petronius may be more relevant now than at any time in its two-millennium history. It offers rare insight into the Roman-like nature of the cultural, economic, intellectual, and social disruptions within the twenty-first-century United States. Like early imperial Romans of the mid-first century A.D., Americans too […]
Couldn’t, Shouldn’t Be President
On this weekend edition, cohost Sami Winc asks Victor Davis Hanson to talk about historical figures who tried but failed to become president: Aaron Burr, Henry Clay, and William Jennings Bryan. Victor finishes with an excursus on the Democrat’s dilemma in the midterms.
The Turning Tide
Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc about the state and study of history, Putin’s nuclear poker, the border failure, Ron DeSantis’ many fights, and Judge Mizelle’s mask mandate overturn.
How Corporations Replacing Family Farms Changed California | Victor Davis Hanson
With technological advancements, farming is becoming more efficient – delivering more food to more places. But family farmers are shrinking in California. Victor Davis Hanson, historian and farmer explains what is lost in the transition to corporate farming and its impact on our farming communities.
VDH UltraRemembering the Old Breed. Part Three
Victor Davis Hanson A Child’s Garden of Animals My paternal grandfather Frank Hanson was drafted in 1917—although he was married and a bit old at 28. And as part of the war effort he had a small six to eight cow dairy I was told. No matter, he was one of the first to drafted […]