America’s Decline

The “Pandemic of Lunacy”: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy | J. Budziszewski

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 […]

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VDH UltraThe “Pandemic of Lunacy”: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy | J. Budziszewski

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

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Our Super Bowl Satyricon

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,

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Bad Bunny Super Bowl Spectacle Was a ‘Crutch for the Lack of Talent’

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

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New Survey: Why So Many Feel Lost and What Actually Helps Them Thrive

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

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VDH UltraNew Survey: Why So Many Feel Lost and What Actually Helps Them Thrive

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

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Slouching Towards Fort Sumter?

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness In the months before the April 12, 1861, firing on Fort Sumter, there were lots of sharp divisions in the North about the proper reaction to the first seven Confederate states that had already left the Union. Not all Unionists believed that war was inevitable. Some, in fact, were happy

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