Masks and Mimes of Politics
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler take on Stanford University’s forbidden words and woke-ism in education broadly, the anti-woke “liberals” now Neo-Conservatives, and immigration. Share This
The New, New Antisemitism
The old antisemitism was more a right-wing than a left-wing phenomenon—perhaps best personified by the now-withered Ku Klux Klan. A new antisemitism followed from the campus leftism of the 1960s. It arose from and was masked by a general hatred of Israel, following the Jewish state’s incredible victory in the 1967 Six-Day War. That lopsided
VDH UltraAmerica at War. Successes and Failures. Part Four
Victor Davis Hanson What have the American armed forces often failed at? Democracies and consensual societies grow large bureaucracies for several reasons. And often stasis sets in, and ossified clerks and calcified careerists resent the talented outsider and the maverick, not-by-the-book loudmouth. And a result, brilliance is resented and smothered, and America is no exception
The Known and Unknown
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler on Biden’s Christmas speech, Jan 6 Committee findings, the omnibus spending bill that didn’t have to be, the symbolism of “red”, and strategic nuclear weapons and the war in Ukraine. Share This
VDH UltraAmerica at War. Successes and Failures. Part Three
Victor Davis Hanson In sum, American war production was characterized by mass quantities, reliability, pragmatism, and affordability. What good did it do Panther tanks that they could blow apart Shermans at great distances if their hours of maintenance to hours of deployment were the inverse of Shermans? So what if the Tiger or Tiger II
What Will the FBI Not Do?
The FBI on Wednesday finally broke its silence and responded to the revelations on Twitter of close ties between the bureau and the social media giant—ties that included efforts to suppress information and censor political speech. “The correspondence between the FBI and Twitter show nothing more than examples of our traditional, longstanding and ongoing federal
Cultural Clarity on Christmas
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for this episode that looks at some recent news on SBF, the FBI, and Zelensky’s speech. Then VDH turns to the means by which the cultural malaise of the Left might be reversed. Share This
VDH UltraAmerica at War. Successes and Failures. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson Innovation It is no accident that the big-ticket, new weapons systems in World War II were American-made, or ironclads designed from the hull up with powerful guns, like the Monitor and its two state-of-the-art 11-inch Dahlgren turret guns, first appeared in the U.S. That is not to say friends and foes did
Peaking Through Fingers: A Look at the Decline of Education
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler explore Japan’s new defense strategy, and Harvard’s Roland Fryer and Cornell’s students-against-grades in an anatomy of the woke destruction of the university. They finish with a short history of the Battle of the Bulge. Share This
Are Universities Doomed?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness In a famous exchange in the The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway wrote: “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually, then suddenly.” “Gradually” and “suddenly” applies to higher education’s implosion. During the 1990s “culture wars” universities were warned that their chronic tuition hikes above the rate of inflation were