VDH UltraNews and Distractions
To Ultra Subscribers: Victor Davis Hanson explains Jeffrey Epstein and Russiagate as distractions to the real news about the successes of the Trump administration. Share This
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VDH UltraThe Rural Way and the Old Breed, Part One
Victor Davis Hanson We in the West, and indeed globally, are engaged in a great experiment. Around 2,500 years ago, the ethos of our civilization originated with a middling class of agrarians. Now they comprise about one percent of the farm owners in the nation—and less than that of the general population. Most of our
VDH UltraA Summation of Leftwing Pathology, Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson 4) Democrats seek to ensure there are few wealthy, and in general to restrict the power of the rich. But to accomplish such a gargantuan moral task, Democrat leaders and their friends must be rich—both to understand the mind of the wealthy and to acquire the means to limit all others from
VDH UltraTrump Therapy
Ultra Subscribers: Victor Davis Hanson explains the reason for all the anger at Trump as he addresses the sources of the progressive disaster of the last couple of decades. It is like chemotherapy, dangerous chemicals that attack the source of the disease but often challenge the host. Share This
VDH UltraA Summation of Leftwing Pathology, Part One
Victor Davis Hanson Here are the current guiding principles of the Democrats in general, and particularly the growing hard-left base—and indeed are emblematic of the leftwing mind across time and space. 1) There is no such thing as “the law.” It is fluid. Its legal validity depends on what the Left considers to be moral.
VDH UltraAnother Drive Among the Ruins—Newsom’s California, 2025. Part Two
Victor Davis Hanson The syllabus I taught in a “Humanities of the Western World” class in 1985 at CSU Fresno was far out of reach of the students by my last year in 2004. The Old Guard faculty in their sixties, whom I met at age 30 in 1984, whom in my arrogance I thought
VDH UltraDeception and Lies at the Highest Levels
Ultra Subscribers: Victor Davis Hanson explains the depth to which our former-CIA director John Brennan along with James Comey participated in numerous efforts to interfere in our elections, thwart Trump’s candidacy, and mislead Congress. Share This
VDH UltraAnother Drive Among the Ruins—Newsom’s California, 2025. Part One
Victor Davis Hanson I took a drive this week from rural Central California to the Stanford Campus, in a manner I have done for 50 years since my student days. In the over three-hour drive, I remembered what the state was like in 1975 compared to 2025. It was not a pretty contrast, despite the
VDH UltraAngriest of Readers, Part Two:
6) Israel decapitated the hierarchy of the Iranian military and nuclear project directors, including over 30 top commanders and 11 of Iran’s chief nuclear physicists charged with developing the bomb. It was not the U.S. or Israel alone that judged the Iranian nuclear bomb program virtually destroyed—given that outside UN officials, Europeans, and independent analysts
VDH UltraUniversities Face Off
Ultra Subscribers: Victor Davis Hanson explains why universities who have discriminated against race and tolerated anti-Semitism are foolishly picking a fight with Donald J. Trump. Share This