Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Pardoner-in-Chief Joe Biden has now established two precedents in presidential history. First, he “pardoned” his own son Hunter. No prior president has ever tried that shameless act, which is an affront to the entire hallowed notion of “equality under the law.”. Second, he did so in a way that no… Continue reading Biden’s Paranoid Pardons and Leftist Morality
A Decade of Conspiracists?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Who has most peddled conspiracy allegations the last nine years—all of them false and nearly all of them influencing national elections and public policies? Once a target is constructed as Hitlerian, almost any means necessary to quash that perceived existential threat become justified. And we have seen a lot of… Continue reading A Decade of Conspiracists?
How Left-wing Conspiracies Work
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Since 2016, there has been a clear pattern to left-wing conspiracies—beyond the obvious fact that they traffic in lies, stereotypes, and paranoia to serve precise political agendas. We now know that the conspiracy to cook up the Russian-collusion hoax—Donald Trump allegedly conniving with Vladimir Putin to rig the 2016 vote—was… Continue reading How Left-wing Conspiracies Work
Will Partisan Lawfare Destroy Trump?
Trump Derangement Syndrome became Orwellian with the recent ruling of the Colorado Supreme Court. It approved the erasure of Trump from the Republican primary ballot in Colorado, by invoking Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That ossified clause was intended to bar any ante-bellum federal officials who joined the Confederacy from again holding federal offices after… Continue reading Will Partisan Lawfare Destroy Trump?
We Are Well Beyond Hypocrisy
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The abject narcissism of the insular Left is startling. They apparently believe the American public is amnesiac enough to forget what leftists once did, now that they’re doing the utter opposite. And they assume we are to discount their hypocrisy and self-absorption simply because they self-identify as erudite and moral… Continue reading We Are Well Beyond Hypocrisy
How To Create Conspiracy Theories
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness It is easy to birth conspiracy theories. All that is required is chronic government stonewalling of reasonable requests for transparency. Then add in high officials serially lying under oath, along with the blatantly unequal application of the law. Institutionalize arguments from authority of politicians and bureaucrats who refuse to adjudicate… Continue reading How To Create Conspiracy Theories
It Was Always Only About Power With the Left
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Why do so many liberal climate-activist grandees fly on private jets? Or why do those who profited from Black Lives Matter have a propensity for estate living? Or why do the community-activist Obamas prefer to live in not one, but three mansions? The answer is that calls for radical equity, “power for… Continue reading It Was Always Only About Power With the Left
The Absurdities of Our Age
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness A sign of a civilization in headlong decline is its embrace of absurdities. Unfortunately for the United States, we are witnessing an epidemic of nihilist nonsense. Here are a few examples: Reparations How could a dysfunctional state like California even contemplate $800 billion in reparations? The state currently faces a… Continue reading The Absurdities of Our Age
Was Trump Our Captain Queeg?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The Left, the NeverTrump Right, and many independents are tiring of Donald Trump’s recitations of prior, however justified, grievances at the hands of the media, the Democratic Party, the administrative state, and hard-core Left. The conventional wisdom runs that Trump’s whines and victimization recitations reveal deep paranoias, and increasingly to… Continue reading Was Trump Our Captain Queeg?
Will ‘Democracy Die in Darkness’ After November?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The Republicans were always going to win big in November, regardless of what biased pundits professed. There was likely never a sudden “blue resurgence” or “red collapse” of late summer. Those fantasies were mostly Democratic Party talking points. They were readily regurgitated by the fusion media and biased pollsters. The… Continue reading Will ‘Democracy Die in Darkness’ After November?