VDH UltraDomestic Review: 2025
Victor Davis Hanson reviews the year of 2025 for the U.S. domestically and outlines what may come this year in 2026. Share This
VDH UltraA Life of Comically Calamitous Close Calls: Athens, Greece (April 1978), Part Three A.
Victor Davis Hanson Four years after my Greek sojourn I came back in 1978–79 for another year of study, this time at the American School of Classical Studies. It was a wonderful year, walking each Saturday over the Attic countryside with the legendary Professor Eugene Vanderpool, or taking the class tours with the dynamic archaeologist
Nunes Unveils Trump Media’s Nuclear Fusion Vision
Former Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., shared insight into his work with President Donald Trump’s social media and crypto company merging with TAE Technologies, a company focused on nuclear fusion power. Nunes, who is CEO of Truth Social and who also chairs Trump’s Intelligence Advisory Board, outlined future plans for building commercial reactors, expecting to commence
VDH UltraA Life of Comically Calamitous Close Calls: Luxor, Egypt (April 1974), Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson I studied Classics at age 19–20 in Greece from August 1973 to July 1974. It was quite a crazy year to be in the Eastern Mediterranean. Not long after I arrived, there was a Greek coup resulting in the removal of the Prime Minister/Col. Papadopoulos and his “colonel” junta. It was replaced
Environmentalist Dam Removal Could Leave 600,000 People Without Water
Note: This content was recorded by Victor Davis Hanson prior to his Dec. 30 medical operation. 600,000 people could soon be without water because Pacific Gas & Electric is tired of being sued by environmental nonprofits trying to protect indigenous land, alleges a recent article by UNWON. “I understand that we want to have social
Why I’m Tired of Mitt Romey’s ‘Fake Magnanimity’
VDH and Jack take aim at what they call the “fake magnanimity” of America’s wealthiest elites, critiquing figures like Mitt Romney for publicly calling for higher taxes — while continuing to benefit from tax structures and investment strategies unavailable to working Americans. Share This
DEI Is The Most ‘Toxic Ideology’ We’ve Ever Experienced
VDH and Jack examine the consequences of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ideology on American institutions and public life, observing that DEI has replaced meritocracy with exemptions based on identity, undermining accountability and fueling corruption, fraud, and public distrust, while also explaining how DEI incentivizes grievance over excellence and perpetuates failure by lowering standards rather than
VDH UltraAnti-Semitism Growing in the Right-wing
“There is a new right-wing anti-Semitism. It seems to be growing, and it’s time to ignore it or ostracize it.” Share This
Pseudo-Recessions
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness As the 1992 campaign approached, incumbent president George H.W. Bush was seen as a shoo-in for reelection. The First Gulf War ended in 1991 with a spectacular U.S. victory at the head of a coalition that had expelled Saddam Hussein from Kuwait with few losses. For much of 1991, Bush’s
VDH UltraA Life of Comically Calamitous Close Calls: New Haven, Connecticut (Summer 1972), Part One
Victor Davis Hanson I was teen-aged, broke, had never been out of the state, or flown anywhere. And I quickly learned the Greek class was mostly for graduate students in history, philosophy, and linguistics, with a few undergraduate Latin students who wished to take Greek. The course was designed to help students master all of