Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The entire career of race-baiter Al Sharpton was founded on falsehoods about the Tawana Brawley scam. Nearly everything the left told us about the Trayvon Martin fight was false. The “hands up, don’t shoot” Ferguson fable and the Covington Kids myth were quickly exposed. The Duke Lacrosse and Jussie Smollett […]
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness “Despite being Black, he [Rep. Byron Donalds] supports a policy agenda intent on upholding and perpetuating white supremacy.” — Representative Cori Bush (D-Mo.) “Larry Elder [former candidate for governor of California] is the Black face of white supremacy. You’ve been warned.” — Erika Smith, Los Angeles Times columnist America is an increasingly
The old antisemitism was more a right-wing than a left-wing phenomenon—perhaps best personified by the now-withered Ku Klux Klan. A new antisemitism followed from the campus leftism of the 1960s. It arose from and was masked by a general hatred of Israel, following the Jewish state’s incredible victory in the 1967 Six-Day War. That lopsided
Listen in to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler as they discuss Kevin McCarthy’s candidacy for speaker, Jimmy Lai’s trial, and Left psychodramas from Tawana Brawley to the present. Don’t miss VDH’s analogy between Captain Queeg from “The Caine Mutiny” and Trump. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Joe Biden has had a long history of racist outbursts. Can we even remember them all? The “put y’all back in chains” insults to an audience of black professionals, his dismissal of black interviewers variously as “you ain’t black” or ”junkie,” his he-man racialist Corn Pop mythologies, his recent condescending
Listen in to Victor Davis Hanson discuss with cohost Jack Fowler Musk’s offer for Twitter, Sharpton’s new cynicism, DeSantis v. Disney, Never-Trump-itis, and monetary policy. Share This
Listen in as Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler explain Al Sharpton’s exploits, the Democratic Party’s fix and its moves going forward, and finally Ibram X. Kendi’s racist ideas that lack basis and cause hate crimes. Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online Why did Rome and Byzantium fall apart after centuries of success? What causes civilizations to collapse, from a dysfunctional fourth-century-B.C. Athens to contemporary bankrupt Greece? The answer is usually not enemies at the gates, but the pathologies inside them. What ruins societies is well known: too much
For the left, rioting is an effective political tool. by Victor Davis Hanson // PJ Media No one knows what exactly happened to the deceased Freddie Gray, except that it should not have happened. Between what is outlined in the indictments and what will be proven in court is an unknown abyss. But the more
It doesn’t matter if you belong to the 0.1 percent as long as you say the right things. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online The qualifications of a Tommy “Dude” Vietor or Ben Rhodes that placed them in the Situation Room during Obama-administration crises were not years of distinguished public service, military service, prior elected office, a