Victor Davis Hanson Ukraine has recently pulled off some spectacular successes, such as the attack that damaged the key Kerch bridge linking Crimea to Russia. If permanently derailed, the loss may curtail one key Russian supply line and cost a considerable amount of time and investment to restore it—but only to be hit again by […]
Victor Davis Hanson The coastal elites gave us sanctuary cities and a sanctuary state. They oppose deportations (remember the campaign videos of Kamala Harris chanting and demonstrating to stop federal deportations of illegal aliens from California). They virtue signal their liberality and then are shocked that a 13.3% income tax rate will still not bring
Ultra Subscribers: Victor Davis Hanson talks about the Ukraine war, Gaza, the economy, debt and deficits, and the Big Beautiful Bill. VDH puts it all together. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson Consider the following four examples: 1) Massive solar and wind projects, while dismantling hydroelectric, nuclear, and natural gas generation, spiked electricity costs to over 30 cents a kilowatt. For the coastal elite, whose affluence means they can run their air conditioners as they please (and their ocean-side climate makes that optional in
Victor Davis Hanson California has become for some time a one-party state: no Republican statewide office holders; supermajority of Democrats in both state legislatures; only nine Republican Congressional representatives out of the 52-member state delegation; no Republican governor in the last 15 years; and the majority of local and state judges leftwing Democrats. Why the
Ultra Subscribers: Victor Davis Hanson talks about Biden’s cancer and the implications for the elected officials of our democracy. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson The Narcissist Passenger. When 200 and more strangers are crammed into a tight space, rocketed up to 35,000 feet, and jetting along at 500 mph, lots of things can go wrong—without the passengers contributing to the chaos. Take boarding: often a single attendant at the desk will attempt to board over 100
Victor Davis Hanson Americans love to travel. And once they were proud of their unmatched airlines—clean, on time, meritocratic, and safe. But not now. True, sophisticated avionics, along with bigger, faster, and far more reliable and safer planes make airline travel—despite a tenfold increase in passengers over the last 50 years–cheaper and even safer with
Ultra Subscribers: Victor Davis Hanson explains the logic or illogic of the Democrats as they scramble to avoid the stigma and shame of having covered up Joe Biden’s condition for four years. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson Why is modernism never held to account, its results judged, its costs compared to its benefits? Does anyone doubt that a Yale BA graduate of 1960 was far better trained than his counterpart of 2024, and could be so assessed on tests and evaluations? How could that be given the revolutions in