Rhamell Burke, a repeat criminal, attacked and later stalked two women on the New York City subway last April. Though police stopped Burke from harassing the women any further, the victims ultimately decided not to cooperate with prosecutors, with one woman telling the New York Post later, “maybe a part of me was just like,… Continue reading California’s Peak Dystopia, LA’s Mayoral Chaos, and New York’s Toxic Empathy
Dems Didn’t Press Swalwell To Drop Out Because of His Allegations
If you take anything away from Rep. Eric Swalwell’s resignation, it should be the following: Whether a democratic politician actually abused, sexually harassed, sexually assaulted someone is not of importance to the Democratic hierarchy. What’s important is the status of that person’s political viability. Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss Swalwell dropping out of… Continue reading Dems Didn’t Press Swalwell To Drop Out Because of His Allegations
Why Our Systems Collapse
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness America has a lot of built-in safety backups and redundancies. But every once in a while, when tradition, science, time-tested protocols, and common sense are ignored, a fragile system utterly collapses. Usually, an iconic event reveals how vulnerable the entire country has become, and predictably occurs when suicidal ideologies and… Continue reading Why Our Systems Collapse
The Cincinnati Cop-outs
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Recently, a large group of black youths began pummeling several white adults in downtown Cincinnati. The original altercation apparently broke out between a black and white male in he-said/he-said fashion. But that dispute soon turned into a virtual free-for-all. Numerous male and female black youths sucker-punched a middle-aged woman and… Continue reading The Cincinnati Cop-outs
American Paralysis and Decline
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness “We can bear neither our diseases nor their remedies.” So shrugged the ancient historian Livy (59 B.C.- A.D. 17) of the long decline of Roman national character that, in his age, finally ended the Roman Republic. Like a patient whose medicine proves worse than the disease, Livy lamented that the… Continue reading American Paralysis and Decline
Is Biden Malicious, Incompetent, or Conniving?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness What Excites Biden? Things are becoming so strange, so surreal, so nihilistic in contemporary America that the chaos can only be deliberate. Chance, incompetence, and accident could not alone explain the series of disasters we now daily witness that are nearly destroying the country. When the ailing and non-compos-mentis president… Continue reading Is Biden Malicious, Incompetent, or Conniving?
Our Establishment’s Alternate Realities
One common denominator that explains why previously successful societies implode is their descent into fantasies. A collective denial prevents even discussion of existential threats and their solutions. Something like that is happening in the United States. Eight million illegal immigrants have entered the United States by the deliberate erasure of the southern border. Apparently, the… Continue reading Our Establishment’s Alternate Realities
Weaponizing Death
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Recently there has been a spate of horrific murders. The killers, whether committing mass shootings or single homicides, are hard to stereotype. They can be clearly either mentally ill or simply innately evil. They can kill for revenge, for ideological purposes, out of hatred, for notoriety—or for no known reason… Continue reading Weaponizing Death
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.… Continue reading The Price of Eliminating Consequences
The Toxic Racialist Obsessions of Joe Biden
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Joe Biden ran on “unity,” which is critical in a multiracial America. He vowed to heal the divisions supposedly sown by Donald Trump. Instead, he is proving to be the most polarizing president in modern memory. Often his racialist rhetoric and condescension have proven demeaning to both blacks and whites.… Continue reading The Toxic Racialist Obsessions of Joe Biden