While it was unwise for President Donald Trump to attack Pope Leo in such a public manner, the Pope himself should know better than to wade into partisan politics in a time of war, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” featuring co-host Jack Fowler. Jack and […]
California’s problems didn’t happen overnight—they’re the result of decades of policy choices that prioritized ideology over infrastructure, energy, and economic reality. Victor Davis Hanson argues the state abandoned its fundamentals, while Elaine Culotti points to runaway bureaucracy, middlemen siphoning public funds, and mandates that burden working families. They challenge the sustainability of a system dependent
Victor Davis Hanson These anti-war protests reflect the Left’s Chaos Theory. It dictates that there is no need for a counter-agenda or a principled opposition. Instead, the strategy is to become so foul-mouthed, so repulsive, so chaotic, so disruptive, and so nutty that the proverbial American voter hears or sees the mayhem, falls into a
Victor Davis Hanson Given the administration has provided clear aims, given the war is going well, and given the world is watching in quiet glee that the odious theocracy is dissembling, why the furious hysteria here at home? Watch as communists are protesting the war with calcified hammer-and-sickle banners as if they have no clue
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The prognosis of the Iran War is now so couched in politics and so warped by the American Left that the public has grown tired and wants it all to go away. But in truth, the situation is so fluid that any accurate prediction is impossible. Yet there is good
If you take anything away from Rep. Eric Swalwell’s resignation, it should be the following: Whether a democratic politician actually abused, sexually harassed, sexually assaulted someone is not of importance to the Democratic hierarchy. What’s important is the status of that person’s political viability. Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss Swalwell dropping out of
The reaction to President Trump’s Iran strategy has reached peak absurdity—critics can’t decide if he’s too aggressive or not aggressive enough. While the media spins, the reality on the ground tells a very different story about leverage, restraint, and results. What actually happened—and why it matters heading into the midterms—cuts straight through the noise. Share
Debate over Trump’s rhetoric on Iran has sparked fresh accusations of “war crimes” from critics. But a look at history—from World War II through Iraq and Libya—shows U.S. presidents in both parties have long targeted dual-use infrastructure in wartime. The real question isn’t just language, but how modern narratives square with longstanding military precedent. It’s
“Is Trump unique in threatening to do what we have done for almost a century?” Share This
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The Left and some on the Right went crazy over a recent Trump tweet. He warned that if the Iranian regime did not cease blocking the international Strait of Hormuz, he would hit its dual military-civilian infrastructure. He promised that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought