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Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson

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Victor Davis Hanson is a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness. He is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the author of “The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won,” from Basic Books. You can reach him by e-mailing authorvdh@gmail.com.

Articles by Victor Davis Hanson

Devin Nunes not a typical politician

Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican., the now-controversial chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, is a bit different from what Washington expects in its politicians.

June 8, 2017
Illustration on German attitudes to peace in Europe and with America by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

German hatred for U.S. predates Trump election

Germans do not seem too friendly to Americans these days. According to a recent Harvard Kennedy School study of global media, 98 percent of German public television news portrays President Trump negatively, making it by far the most anti-Trump media in the world.

May 31, 2017
Illustration on remodeling the GOP by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Republican Party requires remodeling from Trump

Without Donald Trump's populist and nationalist 2016 campaign, the Republican Party likely would not have won the presidency. Nor would Republicans now enjoy such lopsided control of state legislatures and governorships, as well as majorities in the House and Senate, and likely control of the Supreme Court for a generation.

May 10, 2017
Illustration on a possible replay of 1927 for the Democrat party in 2020 by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

2020 election could be another 1972 for Democrats

The year 1968 was a tumultuous one that saw the assassinations of rival candidate Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Lyndon Johnson's unpopular lame-duck Democratic administration imploded due to massive protests against the Vietnam War.

April 26, 2017
Illustration on progressivism and government by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Liberals seek to impose more government

Shortly after the 2008 election, President Obama's soon-to-be chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, infamously declared, "You never let a serious crisis go to waste."

April 19, 2017
Illustration on comparisons between Stanley Baldwin and Barack Obama               The Washington Times

Obama’s worldview was too rosy

Last year, President Obama assured the world that "we are living in the most peaceful, prosperous and progressive era in human history," and that "the world has never been less violent."

April 12, 2017
Illustration on the deterioration of American lawfulness by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

U.S. heading toward lawlessness

In the 1934 romantic movie "Death Takes a Holiday," Death assumes human form for three days, and the world turns chaotic.

March 22, 2017
Illustration on Trump's impact on elitism in culture and government by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Liberal elite now in decline

Outraged New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman recently compared President Trump's victory to disasters in American history that killed and wounded thousands such as the Pearl Harbor surprise bombing and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

March 1, 2017
Illustration on the complexities of dealing with illegal immigration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Illegal immigration has many dimensions

Activists portray illegal immigration solely as a human story of the desperately poor from south of the border fleeing misery to start new, productive lives in the United States -- despite exploitation and America's nativist immigration laws.

February 22, 2017
Illustration on undoing the effects of Obama's administration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

When normalcy is revolution

By 2008, America was politically split nearly 50/50 as it had been in 2000 and 2004. The Democrats took a gamble and nominated Barack Obama, who became the first young, Northern, liberal president since John F. Kennedy narrowly won in 1960.

February 1, 2017
Illustration on the world turned upside-down since Trump's victory by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Upheaval in the age of Donald Trump

Legend has it that the British played "The World Turned Upside Down" after their unforeseen and disastrous defeat at the Battle of Yorktown.

January 25, 2017