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Optimism, Inc.: COVID News
Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers The more pessimistic the CDC, Dr. Fauci, and the Biden Administration sound on the pandemic, the more cautiously optimistic I become, albeit as a non-medical observer of the pandemic . I also do not mean that as a contrarian, but, after all, we are approaching a perfect storm of
How to Start a War
Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Wars often arise from uncertainty. When strong powers appear weak, truly weaker ones take risks they otherwise would not. Sloppy braggadocio and serial promises of restraint alternatively trigger wars, too. Empty tough talk can needlessly egg on aggressors. But mouthing utopian bromides convinces bullies that their targets are too
Pigmentation Nation
VDH discusses the rationale behind the elites’ wokeness, the cannibalism of revolutions, how race trumps all, the mainstream media’s preference for the noble lie, and the value of the American iconoclast. Share This
Eeyore’s Cabinet: Noble Lies?
Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers Americans are being saturated by a whirlwind of events never quite seen in recent memory. When a person with a gun or car now kills someone, the media—in anti-humanistic fashion, and quite callously— massages the story to fit deductive narratives. And they are based solely on the race of
Can the Great “Awakening” Succeed?
Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness We all know that we are living in revolutionary times. The origins, ascendence, values, laws, and future of the United States are all under assault by self-described, though accurately described, revolutionaries. It is a Jacobin, Bolshevik, or Maoist moment. All aspects of life, well beyond politics, are now to
Eeyore’s Cabinet: Drought
Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers To balance “Optimism, Inc.”, I offer occasional gloomy reflections on these revolutionary times. Drought, drought, drought… California did OK in March with rain and snow. It seemed for a brief moment as if the ongoing drought might end. Temperatures were below normal. The 6-7 feet of new snow in
Wealthy and Woke
Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Ed Bastian makes $17 million a year as chief executive officer of Delta Airlines, Georgia’s largest employer. Bastian just blasted Georgia’s new voting law. He thinks it is racist to require the same sort of ID to vote that Delta requires for its passengers to check-in. Yet most Americans