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Questions Without Answers About Ukraine

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Ukrainians, and many Europeans and Americans, are defining an envisioned Ukrainian victory as the complete expulsion of all Russians from its 2013 borders. Or, as a Ukrainian national security chief put it, the war ends with Ukrainian tanks in Red Square. But mysteries remain about such ambitious agendas. What would …

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What Happened to Stanford?

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Stanford was once one of the world’s great universities. It birthed Silicon Valley in its prime. And along with its nearby twin and rival, UC Berkeley, its brilliant researchers, and teachers helped fuel the mid-20th-century California miracle. That was then. But like the descent of California, now something has gone …

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Are We the Byzantines?

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness When Constantinople finally fell to the Ottomans on Tuesday, May 29, 1453, the Byzantine Empire and its capital had survived for 1,000 years beyond the fall of the Western Empire at Rome. Always outnumbered in a sea of enemies, the Byzantines’ survival had depended on its realist diplomacy of dividing its enemies, …

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The Unnaturals: Fauci, Lightfoot, and Newsom

Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for the top stories: China’s military build up, Fauci backpedals, Lori Lightfoot loses, Robert Kennedy Jr. and Gavin Newsom as possible presidential candidates in the Democratic Party. Share This

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The Price of Eliminating Consequences

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Recently there were some remarkable online videos of a Portland, Oregon good Samaritan confronting shoplifters and forcing them to dump loads of their pilfered goods. More stunning, however, was the sheer outrage—of the thieves! They pouted. They screamed. They resisted. How dare anyone stop them from stealing anything they wished. …

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Military Matters and FBI Racket

In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc dive deep into the significance of China’s spy balloon, the Persian Wars, and FBI corruption. Share This

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Destroying Meritocracy Is Deadly

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness A recent epidemic of airline near misses deserves both attention and reflection. In mid-December, a San Francisco-bound United Airlines Boeing 777-200 airliner, just a little over a minute after taking off from Maui, Hawaii, suddenly dived. It lost more than half its altitude and came within 800 feet of crashing into …

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VDH UltraBalloonology

Victor Davis Hanson 1. Do we really believe it was unsafe to shoot down the Chinese balloon over Montana (6 people per square mile), but not over the Aleutians (1 person per square mile), or off the Pacific coast while in U.S. waters?   2. Was it really true that the Chinese balloon was of …

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Invading US Air Space and Other Cases of Overreach

Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Jack Fowler about the Chinese spy balloon, and pro-lifers at the Smithsonian asked to remove their hats. They look back at the consequence of Covid policy and defunding the police. Share This

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