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The Bleak Biden Way

Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness After a hundred days of President Biden, I think most Americans are now on to what will follow in the next few years.  Joyless Joe Biden frowns. He grimaces. He occasionally barks and yells as he delivers a gloomy view of America and its people, past and present.  Admit […]

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Eeyore’s Cabinet: Thoughts on the Economy

Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers As I wrote not long ago, I think we can expect a big boom of pent-up demand coming that will result in 5 percent or so of annualized GDP growth, maybe as early in late second or third quarter of 2021 lasting until mid-year next year but accompanied by

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The Peculiar Institution of Higher Education

Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Nothing is now stranger than the contemporary college campus.  Not too long ago, Americans used to idolize their universities. Indeed, in science, math, engineering, medicine and business, these meritocratic departments and schools often still remain the world’s top-ranked.  Certainly, top-notch higher education explains much of the current scientific, technological,

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Fragments of Memory

Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers Two days ago, I drove in a 5-square-mile radius and noticed that the 100 or so farms I grew up with are all gone. Caput. Everyone. Not one grandkid, relative, etc. seems to be farming. The acreage seems either rented out or sold off.  The land is usually leased

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