Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness “Be assured young friend, that there is a great deal of ruin in a nation.” — Adam Smith Are we sure that there is all that much ruin left in the United States? We are $31 trillion in collective debt. The new normal is $1.5 trillion budget deficits. The military… Continue reading Our Parasitic Generation
The Strange Morality of the Bay-Area Billionaire Left
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness “Ya. Hehe. I had to be. It’s what reputations are made of, to some extent. I feel bad for those guys who get f—ed by it, by this dumb game we woke westerners play where we say all the right shibboleths and so everyone likes us.” —Sam Bankman-Fried The FTX… Continue reading The Strange Morality of the Bay-Area Billionaire Left
Martha’s Meltdown Model
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Martha’s Vineyard has been all over the news. The tony resort community so loves aiding and comforting the undocumented immigrants who were flown in from Florida that it hugged them—for barely 48 hours. Oddly, the Left became unhinged when red-state governors—whose states the last two years were flooded with some… Continue reading Martha’s Meltdown Model
The Selfish Californian
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness We hear plenty of reasons for the perfect storm that imploded California. One-party, progressive government, of course. Decades of unchecked illegal immigration, without doubt. Years of mass flight out of state of the productive middle classes, certainly. But perhaps the most important, but overlooked, reason has been the infusion of… Continue reading The Selfish Californian
Mythologies and Pathologies of the California Drought
by Victor Davis Hanson // PJMedia The third year of California drought has exposed all sorts of water fantasies. If in wet years they were implicit, now without rain or snow for nearly three years, they are all too explicit. Add them up. Take the Bay Area, Ground Zero of water environmentalism. From Mill Valley… Continue reading Mythologies and Pathologies of the California Drought
California’s Hydromania
by Victor Davis Hanson // PJ Media Two events now characterize the California agrarian heartland, the richest and most productive farm belt in the world. One, of course, is the third year of drought. I refer here to nature’s lack of rain and snow. But also factor in the state’s additional man-made drought, through diversions… Continue reading California’s Hydromania
Elites’ Sacrificial Victims
When your goal is to save the planet, you can’t worry about who may get hurt. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online Why do our well-meaning elites so often worry about humanity in the abstract rather than the real effects of their cosmic ideologies on the majority? The dream of universal health coverage trumped… Continue reading Elites’ Sacrificial Victims
Why Aren’t We No. 1?
by Victor Davis Hanson // PJ Media There is a pastime among liberal pundits — the latest is Nicholas Kristof — to quote a new center left global ranking (with unbiased titles such as “The Social Progress Imperative”) and then to decry that the United States is behind its major industrial competitors in things like “Internet Access” and… Continue reading Why Aren’t We No. 1?
One California for me, another for thee
by Victor Davis Hanson // Tribune Content Agency No place on the planet is as beautiful and as naturally rich as California. And few places have become as absurd. Currently, three California state senators are either under felony indictment or already have been convicted. State Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) made a political career out of demanding harsher state gun-control laws.… Continue reading One California for me, another for thee
Fish Instead of People, Ideologies without Consequences
by Victor Davis Hanson // PJ Media If only people had to live in the world that they dreamed of for others. Endangered species everywhere are supposed to be at risk — except birds of prey shredded by wind turbine farms, or reptilian habitats harmed by massive solar farms. High-speed rail is great for utopian visionaries — except don’t… Continue reading Fish Instead of People, Ideologies without Consequences