VDH UltraSigns of Decay, Fears of Decline. Part Six

Victor Davis Hanson I bought new a 2021 Ram V6-EcoDiesel, four-wheel drive pickup. I like it a great deal. It has a lot of torque and horsepower, yet often achieves 31 miles per gallon on the freeway. The salesman said it was reliable and my research and word of mouth contacts sort of confirmed his […]

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What the Left Has Left for America

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The present-day Left bears little resemblance to the old civil-libertarian, integrationist Democratic Party that existed from the 1960s through 2000. The antecedents to its current madness were once previewed in the old party’s extremist wing of campus radicals of the 1960s and 1970s. They were accentuated by Black Lives Matter

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Napoleonic Wars and Plums

This weekend episode Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc discuss the significance of the Napoleonic Wars and look at the whole production of a plum crop after they discuss some current news. Share This

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VDH UltraSigns of Decay, Fears of Decline. Part Five

Victor Davis Hanson Theft, of course, characterized failed societies. In the last four years America has become a nation of thieves. No need to chart the spiraling crime rate. More interesting is the reaction to it and the effects on the dying citizens who play by the rules. Here are the symptoms of a thieving

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From India to California

Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc who discuss a white manager winning $25 million in Starbucks’ suit, Tucker’s rant on dictators, India’s role in international affairs, Adam Schiff’s censure, Senate Bill 553 in California, Cornel West and Francis Suarez enter the 2024 race, and the movie Tar. Share This

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Signs of Senility and Bay Area Blues

In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler explore dementia and the Oval Office, California politics — tech power, decadence and wealth — and San Francisco worse than the 1970s to which the experience of Eli and Shelby Steele attests. Share This

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America Wakes Up to Woke

Wokeness was envisioned as a new reboot of the coalition of the oppressed. Those purportedly victimized by traditional America would find “intersectional” solidarity in their victimhood owing to the supposed sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and other alleged American sins, past and present. The so-called white male heterosexual victimizing class was collectively to be held responsible

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VDH UltraSigns of Decay, Fears of Decline. Part Four

Victor Davis Hanson Broken things are a sign of decay and decline. The proverbial Third-World hotel room, and I know it too well, is a mishmash of broken water fixtures and light switches, non-working alarm clocks, and blinds that don’t close—aside from inoperable air conditioners, refrigerators, and heaters. I once tried to turn on the

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VDH UltraAngry Reader

Re: A Classicist Farmer: The Life and Times of Victor Davis Hanson There is an active discussion in circles I travel regarding the difference between abject ignorance, and willful exploitation of that which a speaker may know to be true, but choices to frame in a way that serves a political purpose. When one reads

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