VDH UltraThe U.S. Is In Real Decline—No Kidding! Part One: Energy

Victor Davis Hanson Far-called, our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the fire: Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget! Rudyard Kipling, “Recessional” There is proverbially a lot of rot in any great nation, which accordingly […]

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The Biden Presidency Is Unsustainable

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Imagine if Gavin Newsom was currently Vice President amid the final meltdown of the Biden family consortium. Does anyone doubt that Biden would then either be forced to resign by Democratic politicos (for reasons in addition to his escalating dementia), or would be impeached and perhaps abdicate Nixon-style? The presence

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VDH UltraWhat is Decivilization? Part Two

Victor Davis Hanson The architects of decivilization are the supposed elites who come out of our purported top schools, with allegedly impressive alphabetic degrees after their names. A Pete Buttigieg is a good example of their pomposity and incompetence, as he lectures us about racist freeway clover-leaf ramps, but cannot deal with an imploding air

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Confounded by the Left

Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc in this news roundup: Hunter’s plea deal gone sour, Kamala’s rant against history in Florida, and Democrats censoring RFK Jr. Share This

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NATO, Submarines and Looking Back on Tragedy

Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to explore and explain NATO’s expansionism, US military decisions—abortion v. equipping our submarine fleet—our fleets history, victimology, “Killer King” hospital, and the beautiful memory of tragedies past. Share This

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The Wild 2024 Race

Current polls, pundits, and politicos insist that the 2024 race is a sure rematch between former President Donald Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden. It may well turn out that way. But in past election cycles, summer polls 15 months before the general election usually did not mean much. In December 2003, the CBS poll

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VDH UltraWhat is Decivilization? Part One

Victor Davis Hanson The Biden administration, with assent from California politicos, bureaucrats, Indian tribes, and green activists, is partnering with the state to destroy four major dams on Northern California’s Klamath River. Their ostensible idea is to facilitate better salmon runs, in part due to concessions to Native American lobbyists. The government brags that the

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VDH UltraAmerica’s Razor’s Edge

Victor Davis Hanson We are the most powerful country in civilization’s history but not invulnerable. Even America will finally bleed out if we continue to open our own veins. Was it $40, $50, or $60 billion in equipment, weapons, supplies, and infrastructure that the U.S. simply abandoned in Afghanistan? That was that—no problem? We had

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Conservatism, Education, and Small Towns

In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss the many conservative movements in the US, American athletes protesting the US, Stanford University‘s recent resignations, education does not need to decline, Hoover Institution’s direction, and Jason Aldean‘s song and perseverance. Share This

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