Martha’s Vineyard, Ron DeSantis, and John Ford
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler in a conversation revealing Martha’s Vineyard elitism, Ron DeSantis’ prospects, and VDH’s commentary on the three best Westerns. Share This
Equal Justice, They Said
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness What once distinguished the United States from illiberal regimes following the Orwellian mantra “some are more equal than others” was the hallowed American idea of “equal justice under the law.” The phrase is engraved above the entrance to the United States Supreme Court—an ideal that took centuries to achieve. Yet it
Rhetoric’s Edge
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc talk about current news and look at the cutting rhetoric in the recent Biden speech in Philadelphia. There seems little truth and far less reason for inciting citizens against MAGA supporters or Trump. Share This
Post-Modern Rhetoric, Pre-Modern Culture
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler to discuss the cases resulting from the racism hoaxes, the damage of rhetoric against whites, Queen Elizabeth’s critics, energy policy in California, and the inside view of a raisin harvest. Share This
VDH UltraHow the Old Breed Made a Raisin. Part Five
Victor Davis Hanson We lost two entire crops to unseasonable tropical storms and saved one from a deluge by “rolling all night long” with a crew of ten. (Even my 60-year-old dad was on his operated knees and my mom too.) When rain came in those days, health or age was no exemption from rolling.
Beyond the Blinkered Blueprint
Victor Davis Hanson with cohost Jack Fowler discusses Justice Robert’s defense of Supreme Court integrity, the Left’s bad old ideas, Fauci’s charades and university wokes destroying lives and culture, and Trump’s trajectory. Share This
Ukraine with a Whimper or a Bang?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Russia started the war with Ukraine in late February with a shock-and-awe effort to grab Kyiv. It failed both to decapitate the government and absorb half the country in one fell swoop. Soon the conflict descended into a war of attrition in Eastern Ukraine over the occupied majority Russian-speaking borderlands.
VDH UltraHow the Old Breed Made a Raisin. Part Four
Victor Davis Hanson The trays after picking then sat cooking for 8-12 days, depending on the heat and humidity, the quality of the picker, the height of the vine rows, and the nature of the soil (sandy meant quick drying, heavy loam not so much). Some perfectionist farmers then sent a crew to “turn” or
VDH UltraHow the Old Breed Made a Raisin. Part Three
Victor Davis Hanson As I said, I was a good picker but a lousy farmer inspector. Whether I yelled at the offender depended on whether he was young, male, and a gang banger (yes, demand a good job), or old, tired, and trying (no, let him pass). At ten I once said to my grandfather
To Bring Down a House of Cards
Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler look at listeners questions on the Vietnam war, the decline of civilization, can decline be stopped, can woke destruction be reversed? Everyone needs to refuse to live by lies. Share This