Victor Davis Hanson interviews Marine combat veteran and military author Francis J. “Bing” West about West’s new book, “CAT5: The 2033 War,” which argues the U.S. won battles in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan yet suffered strategic defeat because leaders lacked clear end-state objectives and assumed America could do anything without consequences—a “Jupiter complex.” West warns […]
Victor Davis Hanson interviews Marine combat veteran and military author Francis J. “Bing” West about West’s new book, “CAT5: The 2033 War,” which argues the U.S. won battles in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan yet suffered strategic defeat because leaders lacked clear end-state objectives and assumed America could do anything without consequences—a “Jupiter complex.” West warns
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The distinguished political scientist Graham Allison, author of the 2015 Atlantic article “The Thucydides Trap,” argued that often in history an established power will stage a preventive war against an ascendant adversary—for fear that otherwise it will soon lose its primacy. His title derives from two passages in the first book of
University of Texas at Austin professor and moral philosopher Prof. J. Budziszewski discusses his new book, The Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy, which examines 30 modern delusions and why they spread. He argues today’s irrationality is motivated, often contains a grain of truth, and metastasizes as one
University of Texas at Austin professor and moral philosopher Prof. J. Budziszewski discusses his new book, The Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy, which examines 30 modern delusions and why they spread. He argues today’s irrationality is motivated, often contains a grain of truth, and metastasizes as one
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness In recent years, Americans have known what to expect from our Neronian Super Bowl halftime shows: mediocre music veneered over with gaudy, flashily lit, but ultimately empty and meaningless sets. As seen again this year, the usual array of supporting dancers twerk and simulate intercourse, in sync with the main singer,
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance this past Sunday has the country split on whether or not it presented a message of unity or division. And the decision to hand him the stage traces back to an unexpected source: a close ally of Barack Obama. Few fans realize that rapper Jay-Z has been quietly steering
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance this past Sunday has the country split on whether or not it presented a message of unity or division. And the decision to hand him the stage traces back to an unexpected source: a close ally of Barack Obama. Few fans realize that rapper Jay-Z has been quietly steering
Young men need to exercise “agency” in their own lives. A recent survey done on young men and their problems (and prospects) revealed young men who participate in multiple social activities and groups are problem solvers. Alex Tarascio, a pollster at Cygnal,a pollster at Cygnal, a political polling firm, explains that when these young men
Young men need to exercise “agency” in their own lives. A recent survey done on young men and their problems (and prospects) revealed young men who participate in multiple social activities and groups are problem solvers. Alex Tarascio, a pollster at Cygnal,a pollster at Cygnal, a political polling firm, explains that when these young men