Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Sometime after the election of Barack Obama in 2008, the American Left began exploring, then embracing, and finally enacting agendas that proved not only unhinged and unworkable but also fatal to the left-wing project itself. How did the party so alienate the middle classes when it once professed it was… Continue reading The Graveyard of Progressive Misadventures
The War Between Trump’s Chemotherapy and the Biden Cancer
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Chemotherapy can be a life-saving though sometimes toxic effort to eliminate lethal cancer cells before they kill the patient. As such, it can serve as a bitter metaphor for the often-controversial efforts of the Trump administration to undo the metastasizing damage caused by the Biden administration. The left and the… Continue reading The War Between Trump’s Chemotherapy and the Biden Cancer
Biden’s Border Nihilism Will Live Long After He Is Gone
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The spiteful open-borders legacy of Joe Biden will plague America for generations to come, long after the former president is a fading bad memory. Somewhere between 10-12 million foreign nationals are believed to have entered the U.S. illegally under his watch, to add to the existing 12-20 million illegal aliens.… Continue reading Biden’s Border Nihilism Will Live Long After He Is Gone
Democrats and Their DEI Albatrosses
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness A few Democrat officeholders, activists, and pundits are finally coming to their senses that their brand is toxic to a majority of the American people. The Biden administration killed what was left of it in a number of ways. First, it serially lied to Americans about the cognitive decline and… Continue reading Democrats and Their DEI Albatrosses
Would the Left Finally Explain the Inexplicable?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Somewhere between 10 and 12 million illegal aliens were invited into the United States by the Biden administration. As far as logistics go, Biden could not flee Afghanistan without getting 13 Marines killed and abandoning to the terrorist Taliban $50 billion in munitions, a billion-dollar embassy, and a $300 million… Continue reading Would the Left Finally Explain the Inexplicable?
The Left Knew They Were Lying to Us All Along
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness For years, the left has advanced utter untruths for cheap partisan purposes that it knew at the time were all false. And now when caught, they just shrug and say they were lying all along. Once it was known that the first COVID-19 case originated in or near a Chinese… Continue reading The Left Knew They Were Lying to Us All Along
Five Ukrainian Fables
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Fable One: Donald Trump Is Appeasing Russia? Who wiped out the Wagner group in Syria? Who sold offensive weapons to Ukraine first? Who warned Germany not to become dependent on the Russian Nord Stream II deal? Who withdrew from an unfair missile deal with the Russians? Who cajoled and berated… Continue reading Five Ukrainian Fables
Who Really Politicized the Pentagon?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Is the era of rounding up government or academic “experts” to declare their support or opposition to ongoing controversies over? Public declarations by Anthony Fauci and his associates to follow their “expertise” or “science” did not work out well and persuaded few. Recall the 1,200 partisan healthcare “professionals” of June… Continue reading Who Really Politicized the Pentagon?
Biden’s So-Called ‘Oligarchs’
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness In his last address, Joe Biden offered a Parthian shot at “oligarchs” and the dangers these “billionaires” pose to the republic. At the same time, left-wing senators hammered Trump cabinet nominees on the grounds that they would be too complacent in the face of a supposed takeover of the country… Continue reading Biden’s So-Called ‘Oligarchs’
Joe Biden’s Bizarro World of Foreign Policy “Achievements”
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Departing President Joe Biden offered a farewell brag this week to his State Department about how his tenure had improved America’s stature abroad. In his now accustomed weird mix of whispering and fiery shouting, Biden apparently felt he had to lie or mislead about almost every one of his “achievements.”… Continue reading Joe Biden’s Bizarro World of Foreign Policy “Achievements”