Victor Davis Hanson The West in general is in a continuing drought and California in particular. The left-wing policies to alleviate little rain or snow in blue Western states have been the following—though never fully or so candidly expressed. Remember, progressive water policy for the Left is like fuel policy: do not develop such resources …
Víctor Davis Hanson Epitaph. The U.S. will survive the virus because for the most part it sickens but does not kill or disable most of the productive population. And it likely gives enough short-term immunity that one does not go from one bout to the next. The elderly, the long haulers, and the already ill …
VDH UltraThe Covid Plague. Part Three. Lessons Learned Read More »
Victor Davis Hanson The Way Ahead. What is the future of the pandemic? Who knows? But it is likely to be more like an annual flu epidemic, albeit more toxic than a whooping cough or measles outbreak that has largely been eradicated by vaccination. Perhaps we should envision the man-made devilry as a super-flu that …
VDH UltraThe Covid Plague. Part Two. The Way Ahead Read More »
Victor Davis Hanson What is the American public’s view of Covid as we enter year three of our shared disastrous pandemic? Origins. Despite the skullduggery of EcoHeatlh Alliance, The Lancet, the WHO, CDC, NIAID, etc., we are increasingly certain about two key elements of the Covid pandemic: “It” originated in Wuhan, China. “It” most certainly …
VDH UltraThe Covid Plague. Part One. The Layman’s View Read More »
Victor Davis Hanson 6. Pro-choice extremists will only up attacks on the Supreme Court. But the Left has already reached is maximum saturation points of illegality and quasi-violence against a third branch of government: illegally leaking confidential court memos; a senior senator threatening justices by name outside the doors of the Supreme Court; mobs showing …
VDH UltraTen Things to Expect from the End of Roe v. Wade. Part Two: 6-10 Read More »
Eeyore’s CabinetVíctor Davis Hanson 1) The ability to abort a child will not be widely curtailed in the U.S., at least not in the early months of his/her life. Blue states will immediately advertise that abortion on demand is legal in their jurisdictions and invite those from nearby red states to take a short drive …
VDH UltraTen Things to Expect from the End of Roe v. Wade. Part One: 1-5 Read More »
Victor Davis Hanson The Border, RIP, Continued… Note well: That after years of acrimony, and the unhinged charges that Donald Trump was recreating Auschwitz on the border (i.e., reusing the “cages” built by Barack Obama), Trump by late summer 2020 at last had mostly ended illegal immigration. He replaced hundreds of miles of porous border …
VDH UltraShrugging at the Intolerable. Part Four. Read More »
Victor Davis Hanson The Border, RIP The rise of the modern state is synonymous with ideas of identifiable and secure borders within which a consensual society can set their own laws, inculcate and nourish unique customs and traditions, and ensure that a special space is secure for its people. Without borders, we are mere tribal …
VDH UltraShrugging at the Intolerable, Continued. Part Three. Read More »
Victor Davis Hanson 2. The War on Gasoline and Diesel. The Democratic primary field of 2020 mostly demagogued energy. Each candidate sought to outdo a Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren, promising to cancel pipelines, stop new federal leases, shut down ANWR, embrace the New Green Deal, leverage financial agencies not to lend to frackers and …
VDH UltraShrugging at the Intolerable. Part Two. Read More »
Victor Davis Hanson One day Americans will look back at the nightmare of the last two years—COVID, the lockdowns, the riots, the 102 million mail-in ballots, the Biden catastrophe, the utter lawlessness, and the woke revolution—and properly understand it as one of the strangest and most dangerous periods in their modern history. The toll will …
VDH UltraShrugging at the Intolerable. Part One. Read More »