Trump's re-election chances may be better than you think
What are Donald Trump's chances for re-election in 2020? Published January 16, 2019
Victor Davis Hanson
Articles by Victor Davis Hanson
'Actually, 2018 was a pretty good year'
The year 2018 will be deplored by pundits as a bad year of more unpredictable Donald Trump, headlined by wild stock market gyrations, the melodramas of the Robert Mueller investigation and the musical-chair tenures of officials in the Trump administration. Published January 2, 2019
Stirring up more trouble than it finds
After 19 months, special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation has charged a number of targets with almost every conceivable sin — except collusion with Russia to throw an election. Yet suspicion of collusion was the reason that Mr. Mueller was appointed in the first place. Published December 26, 2018
It was always about the wall
There was likely never going to be "comprehensive immigration reform" or any deal amnestying the DACA recipients in exchange for building the wall. Democrats in the present political landscape will not consent to a wall. For them, a successful border wall is now considered bad politics in almost every manner imaginable. Published December 19, 2018
The former FBI director dodges and hedges
Fired former FBI Director James Comey is at it again. Published December 12, 2018
The perpetual presidency
Former President Barack Obama recently continued his series of public broadsides against his successor, President Donald Trump. Published December 5, 2018
Is there a 51 percent solution for Trump?
President Trump's challenges are not really his economic policies and foreign affairs agendas. For the most part, they are supported by the American people and are resulting in prosperity at home and security abroad. Published November 28, 2018
Did 1968 win the cultural war?
Fifty years ago this year, the '60s revolution sought to overturn U.S. customs, traditions, ideology and politics. Published November 21, 2018
Maybe we could use a civic Hippocratic oath
Amob of protesters associated with the radical left-wing group Antifa swarmed the private residence of Fox News host Tucker Carlson on the night of Nov. 7. They yelled, "Tucker Carlson, we will fight! We know where you sleep at night!" The mob's apparent aim was to catch Mr. Carlson's family inside and so terrify them that he might temper his conservative views. Only Mr. Carlson's wife was home at the time. She locked herself in a pantry and called police. Published November 14, 2018
When World War I ended
The First World War ended 100 years ago this month on Nov. 11, 1918, at 11 a.m. Nearly 20 million people had perished since the war began on July 28, 1914. Published November 7, 2018
When laws are not enforced, anarchy follows
What makes citizens obey the law is not always their sterling character. Instead, fear of punishment — the shame of arrest, fines or imprisonment — more often makes us comply with laws. Law enforcement is not just a way to deal with individual violators but also a way to remind society at large that there can be no civilization without legality. Published October 31, 2018
A gambit in search of empathy
For progressives, the looming midterm elections apparently should not hinge on a booming economy, a near-record-low unemployment rate, a strong stock market and unprecedented energy production. Instead, progressives hope that race and gender questions overshadow pocketbook issues. Published October 24, 2018
Trump's rising approval rating among black voters
The provocative Donald Trump certainly seems to be disliked by a majority of African-American professional athletes, cable news hosts, academics and the Black Congressional caucus. Yet there are subtle but increasing indications that his approval among other African-Americans may be reaching historic highs for a modern Republican president. Published October 17, 2018
A new era for the China-Russia-U.S. triangle
Mr. Kissinger's approach was sometimes called "triangulation." But distilled down to its essence, the phrase meant ensuring that China and Russia were not friendlier to each other than each was to the United States. Given that the Soviet Union was much stronger than China at the time, Mr. Kissinger especially courted Beijing. Published October 10, 2018
The campus comes to Congress
The polarizing atmosphere of the university has now spread to Congress. Published October 3, 2018
The truths behind our current political turmoil
Are there any guiding principles that can make sense of the sensational news that now overwhelms the senses seemingly every hour? Published September 26, 2018
Are we on the verge of civil war?
Americans keep dividing into two hostile camps. Published September 19, 2018
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
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
