VDH UltraOur Afghan Agonies
Victor Davis Hanson // The Blade of Perseus Joe Biden could easily have stayed quiet about his intentions in Afghanistan—or at least leave the enemy in some doubt. He might have maintained US air facilities to support Afghan forces, and kept the major cities secure as they were between 2017-20 under Trump, who himself […]
Radio Free Hillsdale: VDH, Coupland and Swineheart
Scot Bertram talks with Victor Davis Hanson about the re-release of his book MEXIFORNIA and the current state of our southern border. Dan Coupland takes a dive into the children’s classic TREASURE ISLAND. And Anthony Swinehart shares with us his discovery of a new species of hickory tree.
VDH UltraHistorian’s Corner: Ten Easy Ways to Unwind a Nation in Just a Few Months
Part Two: Steps 4-5 IV. Ruin the Currency The work of Milton Friedman and the Chicago School of economists, and the pragmatic tough policies of Paul Volker broke modern American inflation 40 years ago. We know what causes it and why—printing money in lieu of commensurate increases in population, productivity and national wealth for short-term […]
The Culturalist: The Deep State
Victor Davis Hanson // Art19 and Just the News Join Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc for thoughts initially on the “deep” airlines but mostly on the deep state. Are there answers for the inertia and crime?
American Armageddon
Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Americans are growing angrier by the day in a way different from prior sagebrush revolts such as the 1960s Silent Majority or Tea Party furor of over a decade ago. The rage at the current status quo this time is not just fueled by conservatives. For the first time […]
VDH UltraHistorian’s Corner: Ten Easy Ways to Unwind a Nation in Just a Few Months
Part I: Steps 1-3 I. Destroy the Law Joe Biden has simply destroyed federal immigration law. He broke his oath to execute faithfully our statutes by allowing literally hundreds of thousands of unvaccinated, untested, and illegally entering foreign nationals to storm the southern border. By fiat, Biden simply erased away any demarcation between Texas and […]
VDH on the Ingram Angle
Victor Davis Hanson speaks with Laura Ingram about a new video of Hunter Biden speaking candidly to his prostitute friend. Click here to view the video
The Traditionalist: Squatters, Larry Elder, Iran, et al.
Listen in as Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the rent moratorium, masking madness, Edler’s run for governor, the war on DeSantis, and Victor’s latest issue of “Strategika” on Iran.
The Great Leftist Bully Boy Hope
The refined and moral Left places itself on a pedestal, above the fray—and as such it has a natural attraction to those in its midst who do not. Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness By any empirical measure, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has proven utterly disingenuous, and far more so than average politicians. Unlike […]
VDH UltraEeyore’s Cabinet: Trumpistics
Victor Davis Hanson // VDH’s Blade of Perseus Part Two: The Phoenix Trump? August is not January. In politics even a week is a lifetime. Mirabile dictu, Trump’s banishment from social media, means far less of his scattergun tweeting. His memos were rarer, his thoughts better composed. Although the media monopolized the public image of Trump, […]
How Republics collapse. Victor Davis Hanson with Sebastian Gorka on AMERICA First
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VDH UltraEeyore’s Cabinet: Trumpistics
Victor Davis Hanson // VDH’s Blade of Perseus Part One: Trump, RIP? In January-February 2021, Trump’s future was problematic. He was kicked off social media. And without his accustomed megaphones, Trump for the first time in years was unable to reach supporters and the public at large. Thus, the hate-Trump media filled the void and […]
‘Wokeness’ starting to ‘affect fabric of US’: Victor Davis Hanson
VDH talks to Stuart Varney on the Fox Business channel about the cultural impact of woke on our culture. It is closing in on its advocates as Americans with many other troubles tire of its hypocrisy.
Vaccination Weaponization
Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness It was always going to be Herculean to inoculate, with an untried vaccine, a multi-ethnic nation of 330 million, across a vast continent—in an era when the media routinely warps the daily news. Some minorities understandably harbored distrust of prior government vaccination programs. Nearly 40 million foreign residents in America are […]
The Classicist: The Three C’s and More
Victor Davis Hanson // Art19 and Just the News Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Cuomo allegations, California recall, and real courage. They end with a discussion of woke and how it compromises quality for airline industries, US military and Hollywood et al.
Strategika #74: The Prospects of a New Iran Deal
Iran’s Nuclear Program Please read a new essay by my colleague, Peter R. Mansoor in Strategika. The Biden administration came into office with the hope of reentering the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—the nuclear deal with Iran—and thereby reduce tensions in the Middle East, an area of the world to which it would rather […]
Critical race theory capitalists, rich CEOs — what is US wokeness really about?
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com On July 18, 2021, Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses op-ed that calls out the Democratic Party as ‘the party of wealth,’ suggesting Republicans need to …
Traditionalist: The Left Talks the Talk
Victor Davis Hanson // Art19 and Just the News Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler in their discussion of Left-wing policies and legislation that lacks support among Americans: from Pelosi the dictator and Gallup Polls, to infrastructure legislation and election integrity.
The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won. Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution, @HooverInst
Victor Davis Hanson talks with John Batchelor about his best selling Second World Wars. Join them for a short conversation on some highlights of World War II.
VDH UltraOptimism, Inc.: The Crushing Weight of Lies
Victor Davis Hanson // VDH’s Blade of Perseus One reason why I remain optimistic about the impending end of wokism and the failure of the cultural revolution is that the dangers they pose are unsustainable. And by that I mean that they require such dissimulation, that the load of lies eventually will snap the spine […]