The demonization of Nunes is a window into our times
Liberals subject him to unprecedented venom because they don't like his committee's findings Published September 12, 2018
Victor Davis Hanson
Articles by Victor Davis Hanson
When funerals become politics
Using funerals for political purposes has a long, but not distinguished, tradition. In 44 B.C. eulogist Mark Antony claimed to Roman mourners that he came to bury Caesar. But his speech created a frenzy and ended up ensuring a death warrant for the once "honorable" Brutus. Published September 5, 2018
The truth will set us all free
Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation was star-crossed from the start. His friend and successor as FBI director, James Comey, by his own admission prompted the investigation — with the deliberate leaking of classified memos about his conversations with President Donald Trump to the press. Published August 29, 2018
The bombs of August
On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped a uranium-fueled atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, another U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 repeated the attack on Nagasaki, Japan, with an even more powerful plutonium bomb. Published August 22, 2018
The double standards of postmodern justice
The New York Times recently hired as a writer and board member Sarah Jeong. The Times knew that in recent years Ms. Jeong had posted a series of unapologetically racist anti-white tweets. She had offered wisdom such as #CancelWhitePeople and expressed hatred for males. Published August 15, 2018
The ancient war between the press and the president
The media are furious that President Trump serially decries "fake news." He often rants that journalists who traffic in it are "enemies of the people." Published August 8, 2018
The American art of renewal
"Make America Great Again" is the oft-caricatured slogan of the Donald Trump presidency. When President Trump was elected, he boasted of jump-starting the economy to achieve an annual economic growth rate of 4 percent. Published August 1, 2018
Reforming NATO is the only way to save it
Donald Trump recently ignited yet another firestorm by hedging when asked whether protecting the newest NATO member, tiny Montenegro, might be worth risking a war. Published July 25, 2018
NATO's challenge is Germany, not America
During the recent NATO summit meeting, a rumbustious Donald Trump tore off a thin scab of niceties to reveal a deep and old NATO wound — one that has predated President Trump by nearly 30 years and goes back to the end of the Cold War. Published July 18, 2018
Reciprocity is the method to Trump's madness
Critics of Donald Trump claim there is no rhyme or reason to his foreign policy. But if there is a consistency, it might be called reciprocity. Published July 11, 2018
When the left can't come to grips with losing power
Key Trump administration officials have been confronted at restaurants. Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, urged protestors to hound Trump officials at restaurants, gas stations or department stores. Published July 4, 2018
Why 'progressives' must back up their rhetoric on immigration
There are lots of short-term solutions to address the wave of immigrants who have swarmed the border in an effort to enter the U.S. illegally. Published June 27, 2018
Scandals sanitized with linguistic trickery
Throughout Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's massive report on the Hillary Clinton email investigation are lots of strange things. One of the weirdest is the extent to which the FBI went to make up words and phrases to disguise reality. Published June 20, 2018
The silencing of the inspectors general
Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, an Obama administration appointee, is scheduled to deliver a report this week on DOJ and FBI abuses during the 2016 campaign cycle. Remember: His last investigation of FBI misconduct advised a criminal referral for fired former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who allegedly lied to federal investigators. Published June 13, 2018
Europe's vanishing calm
The Rhone River Valley in southern France is a storybook marriage of high technology, traditional vineyards and ancestral villages. High-speed trains and well-designed toll roads crisscross majestic cathedrals, castles and chateaus. Published June 6, 2018
The carnivores of civil liberties
After a landslide loss in the 1972 presidential election, the Democratic Party was resuscitated the following year by the Watergate scandal. The destruction of the Nixon presidency powered the Democrats to make huge political gains in the 1974 elections. Published May 30, 2018
The U.S. has the leverage with Iran and North Korea
There has been a lot of misinformation about both getting out of the so-called Iran deal and getting into a new North Korean agreement. The two situations may be connected, but not in the way we are usually told. Published May 23, 2018
The miraculous image rehabilitation of former Republican presidents
When Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980, many in the media considered him a dangerous extremist. Published May 16, 2018
Truman as a model for Donald Trump
When President Harry S. Truman left office in January 1953, most Americans were glad to see him go. Since the introduction of presidential approval ratings, Mr. Truman's 32 percent rating was the lowest for any departing president except for that of Richard Nixon, who 21 years later resigned amid the Watergate scandal. Published May 9, 2018
Bad cop, good cop
During his first 15 months as president, Donald Trump has postured as the bad cop. Published May 2, 2018
