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Victor Davis Hanson Conservative America has been growing ever angrier. But it still had remained inert and in somnolence about the ongoing woke revolution. But just lately that comatose dragon is beginning to awake—and with a roar. Conservatives usually do not boycott or embargo. They are too busy with work, family, church, and community. In […]

Victor Davis Hanson I bought new a 2021 Ram V6-EcoDiesel, four-wheel drive pickup. I like it a great deal. It has a lot of torque and horsepower, yet often achieves 31 miles per gallon on the freeway. The salesman said it was reliable and my research and word of mouth contacts sort of confirmed his

Victor Davis Hanson Theft, of course, characterized failed societies. In the last four years America has become a nation of thieves. No need to chart the spiraling crime rate. More interesting is the reaction to it and the effects on the dying citizens who play by the rules. Here are the symptoms of a thieving

Victor Davis Hanson Broken things are a sign of decay and decline. The proverbial Third-World hotel room, and I know it too well, is a mishmash of broken water fixtures and light switches, non-working alarm clocks, and blinds that don’t close—aside from inoperable air conditioners, refrigerators, and heaters. I once tried to turn on the

Victor Davis Hanson Another sign of decline is the weaponization and politicization of institutions. Decadent societies indict their former leaders upon leaving offices. Those in power sic federal agencies on their opponents. In turn, bureaucrats become agents of those in power, as if in private service—like laptop suppression, diary retrieval, performance-art raiding and arresting, or

Victor Davis Hanson When I drive in rural California and see the shacks, trailers, and compounds of 30-40 persons living in ad hoc shelters with Romex wire and water hoses attached to a small farmhouse, I conclude that this poverty is much more a third-world scene than I remember of Tunisia, Algeria, or Turkey. Or