As America approaches its 250th anniversary, historian Victor Davis Hanson joins Raymond Arroyo to discuss patriotism, national identity, and the cultural forces shaping the country’s future. Why are Americans more divided than ever, and what can history teach us about rebuilding a shared sense of purpose? Share This
How are George Floyd and the murder of Henry Nowak a symptom of broader tribalism? Victor and Sami Winc discuss further developments surrounding the Henry Nowak case, and similarities to the George Floyd case. Hanson dives deep into the Henry Nowak murder trial and the subsequent public outrage over bodycam footage, which showed police handcuffing
Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc cover the House hearing on the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey then turn to California primary returns and claims of weak ballot integrity, weighing prospects for Spencer Pratt and Steve Hilton. They discuss New Jersey’s Adam Hamawy and Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed, arguing mass migration,
“The biggest controversy right now is a recent Supreme Court decision handed down that says you cannot create racially gerrymandered districts for the purpose of empowering people on the basis of their race.” Share This
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The recent California gubernatorial and Los Angeles mayoral elections—where, remarkably, Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt both appear to have advanced to the general election in November—offer a glimmer of hope. Could it be that some on the Left, along with a number of Independents, have finally realized that neither wealth
Victor Davis Hanson covers the stalled Iran negotiations on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” argues that Iran is delaying while proxies attack and that the U.S. should issue firm demands and, if unmet, use decisive military pressure to restore deterrence. Victor and Jack Fowler react to the Henry Nowak killing
Victor Davis Hanson interviews historian Arthur Herman about his book “Founders’ Fire: From 1776 to the Age of Trump,” linking the Founding Fathers to later American business and technology founders and arguing they drive American exceptionalism through risk-taking and innovation. Herman describes a recurring cycle in which founder energy becomes institutionalized and bureaucratic until crises
Victor Davis Hanson 4) Does the government punish or spy on citizens and journalists as a form of political harassment or in an effort to suppress information in the private sphere on partisan grounds? In 2012, the Obama Attorney General, Eric Holder, ordered taps on 20 phone lines of Associated Press reporters to monitor their
Victor Davis Hanson 3) Does the government pick and choose which laws to enforce in order to punish enemies and reward friends, and advance the political narrative? Do officials lie under oath with impunity? Note further that all three intelligence heads under Barack Obama had lied under oath: CIA Director Brennan did twice to Congress,
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The Trump administration has bent over backward to negotiate an end to Iran’s grand plans to develop nuclear weapons—before the June 2025 bombing, afterward, and again during the follow-up diplomacy of spring 2026. Yet Iran is unlikely ever to abandon its pursuit of the bomb voluntarily. With nuclear weapons, Tehran