Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Western civilization arose in the 8th century B.C. Greece. Some 1,500 city-states emerged from a murky, illiterate 400-year-old Dark Age. That chaos followed the utter collapse of the palatial culture of Mycenaean Greece. But what reemerged were constitutional government, rationalism, liberty, freedom of expression, self-critique, and free markets—what we know […]
VDH and Jack discuss immigration and gun control in the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre in Australia, the reaction of Trump to the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife, and the Left’s response to all of it. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson 5. Why is DEI dying? Like all commissariats, DEI is expensive. It requires legions of drone commissars to monitor and audit ideology—in this case, tribal essentialism. How many nonproductive auditors as overhead can a society afford? Go back into time and ask the former Soviet Union or Mao’s failed Cultural Revolutionaries? And
Victor Davis Hanson 4. What were the costs to America of DEI? Once race, sex, and sexual orientation were pronounced proof of victimization, then preferences and exemptions obviated the very tenets of civilization, law, and culture. Swarm the border, enter unlawfully, reside illegally—and what followed? De facto amnesty and non-enforcement of laws. Subsidies for housing,
VDH and Jack discuss former President Joe Biden’s failure to make sure our adversaries in Syria paid a cost for attacking Americans, and the failure of so many immigrants to say “thank you” for all we do. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The recent Democratic cry of “affordability” is ironic in many ways. The left-wing narrative of Trump hyperinflation was one of desperation and came only after previous memes had failed to resonate. The 2025 generic “dictator,” “fascist,” and “Nazi” smear points never helped the left much. Nor did the nihilist government
VDH and Sami on the Dems trying to impeach Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, RFK, Jr., and of course Donald Trump, the Biden administration’s effort to drum white conservative males out of the service, and more. Share This
VDH and Sami discuss the Democrats’ acceptance of fraud and today’s immigrants who refuse to accept our culture. Share This
Description: Victor Davis Hanson discusses the 1950s and 1990s as golden ages and reflects on the Trump second administration as just such an age. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Nothing bothers the European elite as much as American conservatives praising the European foundations of their shared, but threatened, Western civilization. Europeans especially resent having their social-welfare state system critiqued by upstart, crass Americans. Their pique only increases as they push back against the condescending American idea that the