VDH UltraThis Battle Over Israel
Victor Davis Hanson discusses the anti-Israel, anti-Semitic sect within the Right and the cost-benefit analysis between Israeli interests and Gulf states’ interests. Share This
Slouching Towards Fort Sumter?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness In the months before the April 12, 1861, firing on Fort Sumter, there were lots of sharp divisions in the North about the proper reaction to the first seven Confederate states that had already left the Union. Not all Unionists believed that war was inevitable. Some, in fact, were happy
How ‘Midwest Nice’ Minnesota Became Ground Zero for Leftist Violence and Fraud
Traditionally, Minnesotans, by virtue of their Scandinavian heritage, are known for being well-mannered and having good governance. However, over the past few months, the idyllic poster boy for “Midwest nice” has been completely upended following a string of high-profile taxpayer-dollar fraud controversies, raids against peaceful church services and violent altercations between leftist protesters and federal
VDH UltraA Life of Comically Calamitous Close Calls: Selma, California (February 2023), Part Seven B
Victor Davis Hanson But no problem. At the ER, they gave me Benadryl and some tests, and I was out in a few hours. So, it would be now, too. The doctor there had said, “You have an allergy to something. And oh, by the way, you have a large kidney stone on your scan.”
VDH UltraA Life of Comically Calamitous Close Calls: Selma, California (February 2023), Part Seven A (an updated version of a 2023 account)
Victor Davis Hanson I have lived on my farm for the most part of my 72 years. In all of them, I have lived amid pollinating orchards—plums, apricots, pears, and now almonds. These species required dozens of rented beehives at bloom. In the last few decades, perhaps the Africanized hybrid strains seem a bit more
Hollywood’s ‘Willful Ignorance’ Towards Communist Crimes Was Decades in the Making
In this wide-ranging conversation, host Jack Fowler sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Spalding to confront the forgotten truths of communism’s deadly legacy. From Hollywood’s willful blindness to the rise of socialism at home, Spalding explains why communism and socialism share the same DNA—and why freedom still needs defending. Share This
California’s ‘Futureland’ High-Speed Rail Is Still Stuck at the Station | Lee Ohanian
Lee Ohanian, a Hoover Institution senior fellow, joins Jack Fowler on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” to discuss California’s high-speed railway disaster and more. Share This
Thomas Sowell’s Refusal of Victimhood and Marxism | Daniel J Mahoney
All of Thomas Sowell’s “considerable learning” is front and center in his 2007 book A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles. Sowell, a Marxist-turned, unofficial 20th-century spokesman for capitalism, theorizes that humans are inclined to adopt one of two worldviews — the “constrained” or the “unconstrained” vision — explains Daniel J. Mahoney, a
VDH UltraOn Savage’s “Lost Generation”
Victor Davis Hanson discusses last December’s viral Compact Magazine article “The Lost Generation,” written by Jacob Savage—the merits of Savage’s argument and what varying critiques have addressed. Share This
The Ideologically Diverse Early Days of the Pro-Life with Chuck Donavon
Pro-life activist and former president of the Charlotte Lozier Institute Chuck Donovan joins Jack Fowler to discuss the surprisingly “diverse” coalition of the early post-Roe, anti-abortion movement, as well as more contemporary battles within a now post-Roe world. Share This