7. This part of the world is not unlike the convoluted history of the former Yugoslavia. Crimea itself had been part of the Ottoman Empire but was annexed to Russia in 1783 by Catherine the Great. It remained Soviet until the USSR’s breakup in 1991 (Note that the Russians lost over 500,000 casualties vainly trying to save Crimea from the Nazis in […]
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they discuss the crimes of New York lawmakers, the cowardice of protestors, destroying evidence and lying in the name of institutional loyalty, America’s fertility rates, cleaning up universities “Ed Meese” style, and Biden buying black votes with reparations. Share This
Beware of The Deadly Progressive Touch Recently, viral videos have highlighted the furor—and narcissism—of progressive elites when they rarely face the consequences of their own actions. The most hilarious video was the defiant DA of New York’s Monroe County, dripping with… — Victor Davis Hanson (@VDHanson) April 28, 2024 Share This
VDH interviews Jeremy Carl about his just released deeply researched and splendidly written book, The Unprotected Class. How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart. Jeremy discusses how racial obsessions and anti-white bias are undermining American institutions from the military to Hollywood, and why and how people of all races need to stand up and say,
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Elite higher education in America—long unquestioned as globally preeminent—is facing a perfect storm. Fewer applicants, higher costs, impoverished students, collapsing standards, and increasingly politicized and mediocre faculty reflect a collapse of the university system. The country is waking up to the reality that a bachelor’s degree no longer equates with
4. Putin crossed national boundaries (Georgia/Ossetia; Donbas; Crimea; the Kyiv area) in three of the last four American administrations (Bush, Obama, Biden), but not during the Trump administration. Most likely, Putin could not predict what Trump might do in response and so he was deterred. Thus, keep in mind that the leftwing claim that it is on the van of pro-Ukrainian support is contradicted by
From an Angry Reader: Dr. Hanson: I have been such a big fan of yours for years. But I am so, so disappointed you suggested Ukraine should give up land and whatever else to “negotiate” an end to the war with Russia; essentially pay Russia for the horror it has brought to Ukraine. Russia deliberately
In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about Trump’s hearty welcome by NY construction workers, the F-word in the media, a Lufthansa bounce as sign of the times, gas prices, the medical industry’s paradox of DEI decline meets AI potential, and deterrence is more than money to Ukraine. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Do not believe the White House/mainstream media-concocted narrative that the four criminal court cases—prosecuted by Alvin Bragg, Letitia James, Jack Smith, and Fani Willis—were not in part coordinated, synchronized, and timed to reach their courtroom psychodramatic finales right during the 2024 campaign season. These local, state, and federal Lilliputian agendas
From an Angry Reader: Norman Schwarzkopf: “I never want to be in a fair fight” … nothing wrong with preponderance of power — Proportional response is stupid and harmful. BUT do not call the Gaza incursion as revenge … it is not. it is to teach that the cost of waging violence against Israel will not be worth the expense. J Morgenstern Ann Arbor,