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’
Indict One—And All?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness As we await the publication of all the impending indictments of former President Donald Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Americans are trying to figure out what constitutes an indictable offense for current and retired public officials. Most legal experts, Left and Right, have noted: 1) Bragg promised in… Continue reading Indict One—And All?
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
Bombshells, Landmines, and Nemesis
For much of 2017 through 2021, Americans suffered the “bombshell” and “walls are closing” mythologies first of Russian collusion, then of supposedly vast Russian social media investments to sabotage the election. From there we moved on to the Alfa Bank ping-pong fable, the supposed Putin bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan that Trump was said… Continue reading Bombshells, Landmines, and Nemesis
What Will the FBI Not Do?
The FBI on Wednesday finally broke its silence and responded to the revelations on Twitter of close ties between the bureau and the social media giant—ties that included efforts to suppress information and censor political speech. “The correspondence between the FBI and Twitter show nothing more than examples of our traditional, longstanding and ongoing federal… Continue reading What Will the FBI Not Do?
Our Parasitic Generation
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness “Be assured young friend, that there is a great deal of ruin in a nation.” — Adam Smith Are we sure that there is all that much ruin left in the United States? We are $31 trillion in collective debt. The new normal is $1.5 trillion budget deficits. The military… Continue reading Our Parasitic Generation
Does Trump Really Want to Be President Again?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Team Trump has sometimes compared Donald Trump’s current quest for a nonsequential second term to two-term President Grover Cleveland’s similar three election bids. Cleveland remains our only elected (1884) president to have lost a reelection bid (1888)—in a disputed vote—only to be reelected four years later (1892). Yet Trump seems… Continue reading Does Trump Really Want to Be President Again?
How Corrupt is a Corrupt Media?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The current “media”— loosely defined as the old major newspapers like the New York Times and Washington Post, the network news channels, MSNBC and CNN, PBS and NPR, the online news aggregators like Google, Apple, and Yahoo, and the social media giants like the old Twitter and Facebook—are corrupt. They have adopted in… Continue reading How Corrupt is a Corrupt Media?
Who Denies Election Results?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness A Democratic myth has arisen that Donald Trump’s denial of the accuracy of the 2020 vote was “unprecedented.” Unfortunately, the history of U.S. elections is often a story of both legitimate and illegitimate election denialism. The 1800, 1824, 1876, and 1960 elections were all understandably questioned. In some of these… Continue reading Who Denies Election Results?
Pushing the Envelopes in Ukraine
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness For all the dramatic late-summer Ukrainian success, we are witnessing yet another deadlock in the war—one that supposedly will be resolved by escalations on all sides. Mutually Exclusive Agendas A rebooted Ukraine is clamoring for more offensive arms. It claims it can win the war, with victory now giddily defined… Continue reading Pushing the Envelopes in Ukraine