VDH UltraStrange and Dangerous People of the American Outback. Part Nine: “The Pack” Continued.

Victor Davis Hanson At that last dare, in the style of my dad, I began firing everyone over the next hour. José their patriarch? “You are fired.” Herlinda? “You’re fired too.” The boyfriend, “You’re out.” The daughter and son, ditto. I had turned from an unemployed Classical language Ph.D. failure into a stark raving madman

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VDH UltraStrange and Dangerous People of the American Outback. Part Eight: “The Pack”

Victor Davis Hanson It was now 1976. My grandfather died suddenly in the bed where he was born in 1890, in the room of his grandmother’s and where I sleep today nearly a half-century later. His departure left my 86-year-old grandmother and Lila alone in the big house—and no one to run the ranch. My

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How Biden Will Circle the Wagons?

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The strategies of saving the Biden presidency from an impeachment and a Senate trial despite overwhelming evidence of his corruption are starting to emerge. The Family is confronted with damning evidence from the laptop, from the testimonies of Hunter’s business associates Bobulinksi and Archer, from Ukrainian oligarchs and Viktor Shokin,

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VDH UltraStrange and Dangerous People of the American Outback. Part Seven: Hilario

Victor Davis Hanson Hilario was different altogether from either Burt or Rodrigo. He reminds me even today, nearly a half-century later of Mapache (“thief”) of The Wild Bunch, played by the illustrious Mexican actor Emilio “El Indio” Fernández—an admittedly brave general, but crazy, corrupt, a drunk—and unpredictable. For that matter, as I look back now,

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Traveling gone awry

Join the news roundup with Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc: airline incident on VDH travels, Energy Secretary Granholm proves EV unfit for long distance, Biden lying on 9/11, “insurrection” (what?), New Mexico governor bans conceal and carry, and the Iranians to receive $6 billion for prisoners. Share This

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Post-Postmodern America

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness When the progressive woke revolution took over traditional America, matters soon reached the level of the ridiculous. Take the following examples of woke craziness and hypocrisy, perhaps last best witnessed during Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. The Biden administration from its outset wished to neuter immigration law. It sought to alter

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