Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The most recent liberal ABC News/Washington Post poll showed Joe Biden’s approval rating at 36 percent—the lowest in history for a president at this point in his first term. Biden’s low popularity is no mystery. He inherited energy independence, affordable gas prices, historically low interest rates, low inflation, calm overseas, a… Continue reading Joe Biden, the Habitual Racialist Demagogue
Hang All the Members of the Liars’ Club?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Federal prosecutors last week announced the indictment of U.S. Representative George Santos (R-N.Y.) on a host of charges, including misuse of federal campaign funds and wire fraud, almost all of them resulting from his pathological lies. Certainly, Santos deserved the attention of prosecutors for lying on federal documents and affidavits… Continue reading Hang All the Members of the Liars’ Club?
The Impending Thermidor Reaction in Jacobin America
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The decade-long French Revolution that broke out in 1789 soon devolved into far more than removing the monarchy, as it became antithetical to the earlier American precedent. American notions of liberty and freedom were seen as far too narrow, given the state, if only all-powerful and all-wise, could mandate “equality”… Continue reading The Impending Thermidor Reaction in Jacobin America
The New Ugly Americans
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The old cultural imperialism was supposedly greedy corporatism like Disneyland, McDonald’s, and Starbucks sprouting up worldwide to supplant local competitors. But these businesses spread because they appealed to free-will consumer demand abroad. They were not imposed top down. The U.S. presence in Afghanistan collapsed in August 2021 amid the greatest… Continue reading The New Ugly Americans
The Crazy Contours of the Crazier 2024 Election
We start with the likely American landscape over the next two years. Joe Biden has no choice but to focus on a purely negative message. So we already know his talking points for the next 18 months: “ultra MAGA” demons, “semi-fascist” insurrectionists, Trump!, Trump!, Trump!, and more Trump!, murdering fellow Americans by putting limits on partial-birth and… Continue reading The Crazy Contours of the Crazier 2024 Election
Dominion vs. ‘Russian Collusion’ and ‘Disinformation’
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Fox News is reeling, both financially and with respect to its talent, after being drawn into a long lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems. The network just settled for an astounding $757.5 million and soon after released Tucker Carlson, the network’s highest-rated host. The voting machine company had alleged some of… Continue reading Dominion vs. ‘Russian Collusion’ and ‘Disinformation’
Do We Even Know We Are All Socialists Now?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Sometimes when you are in the midst of a revolution, you do not even know it. I doubt all the Germans who voted in National Socialism quite foresaw what quickly was to come. Those who overthrew the Bourbons or the Romanoffs had no real idea that they had sown the… Continue reading Do We Even Know We Are All Socialists Now?
The Useful Veneer of the Aging Democrat
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Joe Biden is now 80 years-old. He will be 82 when he campaigns for the 2024 presidency—and a clearly debilitated 86 should he be elected and fill out his second term. He has been in government for over a half-century. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and current representative from California… Continue reading The Useful Veneer of the Aging Democrat
Can We Do Anything About America’s Decline?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Twenty-first-century America was on a trajectory of gradual decline—until it began to implode. Was the accelerant the COVID-19 pandemic and unhinged lockdowns? Or was the catalyst the woke revolution fueled by the 2020 summer of exempted rioting, looting, arson, and violence? Or was it perhaps the deranged fixation on removing… Continue reading Can We Do Anything About America’s Decline?
The Biden 10-Step Plan for Global Chaos
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Why is French President Emmanuel Macron cozying up to China while trashing his oldest ally, the United States? Why is there suddenly talk of discarding the dollar as the global currency? Why are Japan and India shrugging that they cannot follow the United States’ lead in boycotting Russian oil? Why… Continue reading The Biden 10-Step Plan for Global Chaos