Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Who are the so-called Democratic Socialists of America and their fellow travelers? While it is difficult to generalize, many current and would-be socialist officeholders share several common traits. Most of them represent a relatively small slice of American life. Almost all are urban, with little knowledge of small-town or rural… Continue reading Who Really Are These New Democratic Socialists and Their Fellow Travelers?
Zohran Mamdani’s AIPAC Attack, Updates on the Iran Strategy, and America’s Urban Decline
Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc examine the Trump administration’s emerging agreement with Iran, arguing that the memorandum reflects a strategic effort to avoid a broader regional conflict. They also discuss New York politician Zohran Mamdani’s attacks on AIPAC, exploring what seems to be a growing antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment from within the American Left.… Continue reading Zohran Mamdani’s AIPAC Attack, Updates on the Iran Strategy, and America’s Urban Decline
Trump’s Iran Gamble, Britain’s Grooming Gang Scandal, and California’s Decline
Mamdani and the Left’s love for billionaires and the hypocrisy within the Democratic Party, Donald Trump’s reported Iran agreement sparks fierce debate on the right, and J.D. Vance takes the lead defending the administration’s strategy in a series of high-profile media appearances. Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc start by breaking down the emerging Iran… Continue reading Trump’s Iran Gamble, Britain’s Grooming Gang Scandal, and California’s Decline
Spare Us the Selective Outrage
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Since October 7, we have been lectured nonstop about the supposedly singular sins of Israel. The campuses, the left-wing media, and the new Democratic Socialist officials, both federal and state, following the cue of student activists and professors from the Middle East, have painted Israel and their Jewish supporters as… Continue reading Spare Us the Selective Outrage
California’s Peak Dystopia, LA’s Mayoral Chaos, and New York’s Toxic Empathy
Rhamell Burke, a repeat criminal, attacked and later stalked two women on the New York City subway last April. Though police stopped Burke from harassing the women any further, the victims ultimately decided not to cooperate with prosecutors, with one woman telling the New York Post later, “maybe a part of me was just like,… Continue reading California’s Peak Dystopia, LA’s Mayoral Chaos, and New York’s Toxic Empathy
Antisemitism Surge, Iran Deal Doubts, Europe’s Free-Ride, and California’s Breakdown
Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc cover New York’s Mamdani removing a city webpage celebrating ties with Israel and broader incidents they describe as a mainstreaming of antisemitism, which Hanson attributes to DEI ideology, Middle East money and influence in universities, and Israel’s current strength. Hanson recounts a contentious Piers Morgan appearance defending Israel and… Continue reading Antisemitism Surge, Iran Deal Doubts, Europe’s Free-Ride, and California’s Breakdown
AOC Makes Kamala Harris Sound Like Socrates, Cicero
VDH critiques a Munich Security Conference panel, contrasting Matt Whitaker’s professionalism with AOC’s Taiwan “word salad” and Whitmer’s reluctance to address foreign policy, and also criticizes Hillary Clinton’s performance. Also discussed is why Putin may resist a Ukraine deal despite major losses and how Ukraine’s drone-focused defense is evolving. He praises Elon Musk for reviving… Continue reading AOC Makes Kamala Harris Sound Like Socrates, Cicero
The Graveyard of Progressive Misadventures
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 Frightening Dream House of Zoran Mamdani
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness After his first-place win in the New York City mayoral primaries, Zohran Mamdani is furiously denying everything that he once glibly thought was cutting-edge and cool. So, like a good postmodern relativist, Mamdani now claims he didn’t really mean that violence was merely a “construct.” I suppose Mamdani asked Jewish… Continue reading The Frightening Dream House of Zoran Mamdani