Victor Davis Hanson comments on the rising hostility toward ICE agents after the arrest of Nicholas Matthew Scelfo for threatening an agent’s family, arguing authorities should make examples of such offenders while blue-state politics instead target citizen-journalism. Hanson portrays anti-ICE protests as an elitist class phenomenon that harms working-class communities and ties it to broader… Continue reading ‘Class Snob’ Democrats Clash With ICE Agents in New Jersey
Don Lemon Wants a New Legal Standard: Journalism Are Immune From the Law
Does former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon have a First Amendment right to interfere with the First Amendment rights of the worshipers and pastor at that church? “I think the question answers itself, and the answer is no,” argues Scott Johnson, a Minneapolis-based attorney, Claremont Institute fellow, founding member of Power Line and… Continue reading Don Lemon Wants a New Legal Standard: Journalism Are Immune From the Law
The Press, Free Speech, & Conservative Media
Jack Fowler fills in for Victor Davis Hanson and sits down with David DesRosiers, president of the RealClearFoundation and publisher of RealClear Politics. They discuss the importance of maintaining a diverse and open news platform amidst increasing partisanship, the impact of RealClear’s polling average, and the challenges conservative media faces in the current climate. DesRosiers… Continue reading The Press, Free Speech, & Conservative Media
Do Elite Universities Really Wish to Fight the Federal Government?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Harvard has refused to accept the orders of a Trump administration commission concerning its chronic problems with anti-Semitism, campus violence, and racial tribalism, bias, and segregation. Yet, unlike some conservative campuses that distrust an overbearing Washington, Harvard and most elite schools like it want it both ways. They do as they… Continue reading Do Elite Universities Really Wish to Fight the Federal Government?
The Remaking of America
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness We are in the midst of one of the most radical revolutions in American history. It is as far-reaching and dangerous as the turbulent years of the 1850s and 1860s or the 1930s. Every aspect of American life and culture is under assault, including the very processes by which we… Continue reading The Remaking of America
The New Inquisition
by Victor Davis Hanson // Tribune Content Agency What if you believed that the planet might not have warmed up the last two decades, even though carbon emissions reached all-time highs? Or, if the earth did heat up, you thought that it was not caused by human activity? Or, if global warming were the fault… Continue reading The New Inquisition
The Idol of Equality
To put equality ahead of liberty is to war against human nature. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online “There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but… Continue reading The Idol of Equality
Islam’s Black Flag Flies over Egypt
Storming Embassies, Killing Ambassadors, and ‘Smart’ Diplomacy
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The attacks on the US embassy yesterday in Cairo and the storming of the American consulate in Libya, where the US ambassador was murdered along with three staff members — and the initial official American reaction to the mayhem — are all reprehensible, each in their own way.… Continue reading Storming Embassies, Killing Ambassadors, and ‘Smart’ Diplomacy