Eeyore’s Cabinet

VDH UltraAn Inferior Present Judges a Superior Past. Part One

Victor Davis Hanson Rural California, like rural America, in the 1960s now seems almost unrecognizable—not so much a different culture as a different universe. Since then, we certainly have advanced materially, but regressed morally. That paradox is often the way of the past as well, at least since some 2,700 years ago when Hesiod railed …

VDH UltraAn Inferior Present Judges a Superior Past. Part One Read More »

Share This

VDH UltraHow Democracy Dies in Darkness—in Five Easy Steps. Part Two

Victor Davis Hanson STEP THREE. Change voting and government rules when they are no longer useful. Claim any customs and traditions that are no longer advantageous are mere racist relics or the baleful legacy of old white men. When in the majority, demand the end of the racist filibuster. When in the minority save it …

VDH UltraHow Democracy Dies in Darkness—in Five Easy Steps. Part Two Read More »

Share This

VDH UltraHow Democracy Dies in Darkness—in Five Easy Steps. Part One

Victor Davis Hanson What if you believed that the U.S. was in mortal danger because its elections continually led to the wrong results and policy choices? What if the “people” were just too ignorant of what was good for them and continually displayed such dangerous cluelessness in how they voted? How could you even work …

VDH UltraHow Democracy Dies in Darkness—in Five Easy Steps. Part One Read More »

Share This

VDH UltraHow and Why Did Democrats Become Revolutionaries? Part One

Victor Davis Hanson The current Left is certainly not the party of Harry Truman or JFK—or for that matter even of Bill Clinton. Neither ordered the FBI to raid the home of their predecessors. It is a revolutionary, a Jacobin party intent not just on winning elections and implementing more redistribution, bigger government, and higher …

VDH UltraHow and Why Did Democrats Become Revolutionaries? Part One Read More »

Share This

VDH UltraTrump, DeSantis, Biden, Harris and All That. Part Two.

Victor Davis Hanson Eeyore’s Cabinet As of now the real and only question about 2024 is twofold, can Trump get the Republican nomination, and if nominated could he beat any non-Biden candidate? The answer is clearly yes on both counts. But then again, the second part of the answer in the general election is yes …

VDH UltraTrump, DeSantis, Biden, Harris and All That. Part Two. Read More »

Share This

VDH UltraRes Ipsa Loquitur

Victor Davis Hanson Eeyore’s Cabinet Consider five self-evident banalities. Joe Biden has serially attacked the Saudi Arabian government after the Khashoggi murder. Fine, there is much to criticize among the Saudi monarchs. But did anyone believe that the Saudis in any sizable way would pump thousands of more barrels of oil per day to lower …

VDH UltraRes Ipsa Loquitur Read More »

Share This