Victor Davis Hanson Once race trumps merit, a public becomes Sovietized; that is, people descend into rank cynicism, distrust, and scorn. For example, the jaded public now believes that America’s daily systems failures must be due to some incompetency—prompted by hiring, promoting, and rewarding people on the basis of their race, gender, or sexual orientation

Victor Davis Hanson America has reverted to a pre-civilizational fixation on tribe and superficial appearance over character and expertise—and the result has been a disaster. But how do we even calibrate “diversity” or “people of color”? Why is a poorer Sicilian-American not diverse, but a richer Hispanic of lighter hue with a “Latino” last name

Victor Davis Hanson The implosion of the post-debate Biden incumbent candidacy marks one of the most unusual and duplicitous events in presidential history. Since 2019, most media and Democratic elites have known that Joe was both cognitively challenged and yet the only viable camouflage for what had become an out-of-touch, hard-left Democratic Party. In a