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VDH UltraThe Left Goes from Madness to Irrelevance, Part One

Various polls show historical lows of public support for the Democratic Party, ranging from 31 to 41 percent approval. Yet at the same time during a recent Democrat leadership conference, various panelists unanimously claimed that racism and sexism alone accounted for the defeat of Kamala Harris. Do they think, then, that white male Joe Biden

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VDH UltraTrump’s First Two Weeks: Pardonomania, Part Three

Now we come to Dr. Anthony Fauci. For some 38 years, he ran the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) as his private fiefdom. Given the revolving-door tenures of the directors of the larger, grantmaking National Institutes of Health (NIH) during that era, Fauci also had enormous influence over its some $50 billion

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VDH UltraTrump’s First Two Weeks: Pardonomania, Part Two

Victor Davis Hanson Three other Biden pardons stand out: Liz Cheney, Dr. Fauci, and Gen. Milley. Liz Cheney was the Republican minority whip in the House. During Trump’s first term, she voted with his agenda over 90% of the time. She was convinced after January 6 that the buffoonish riot was instead an “insurrection,” that

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VDH UltraTrump’s First Two Weeks: Was Hegseth Really Less Qualified than Mayorkas for a Cabinet Position?

Victor Davis Hanson So far Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have both voted not to confirm Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary and thereby joined every single Democratic senator to reject his nomination. That rejectionism seems striking when they both voted to confirm in 2021 two of the worst and most leftwing cabinet secretaries

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VDH UltraJanuary 20—Novus ordo seclorum? Part One

Victor Davis Hanson How do we explain that the world is turning upside down after November 5, 2024, and will continue following January 20, 2025? Symptoms? Take the media? The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and others suddenly did not endorse their usual left/Democratic presidential candidate this election. So, many of their writers are

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