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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

Illustration on the unpredictable Donald Trump campaign by Mark Weber/Tribune Content Agency

Donald Trump, postmodern candidate

Early 20th century modernism ignored classical rules of expression. But late 20th century postmodernism blew up those rules altogether.

August 3, 2016
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference with Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson at the Foreign Office in London, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool)

The nightmarish results of Muslim outreach

When President Obama entered office, he dreamed that his hope-and-change messaging and his references to his familial Islamic roots would win over the Muslim world. The soon-to-be Nobel Peace Prize laureate would make the United States liked in the Middle East. Then terrorism would decrease.

July 20, 2016
Illustration on the state of California by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Will California ever thrive again?

There was more of the same old, same old California news recently. Some 62 percent of state roads have been rated poor or mediocre. There were more predications of huge cost overruns and yearly losses on high-speed rail -- before the first mile of track has been laid. One-third of Bay Area residents were polled as hoping to leave the area soon.

July 6, 2016
Illustration on the Brexit vote by Paul Tong/Tribune Content Agency

When elitism creates a new populism

Following Brexit, Europe may witness even more plebiscites against the undemocratic European Union throughout the continent.

June 29, 2016
Illustration on the dangers of Obama, the ideologue by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Obama doesn’t let facts interfere with fantasies

Hillary Clinton is a seasoned liberal politician, but one with few core beliefs. Her positions on subjects such as gay marriage, free-trade agreements, the Keystone XL pipeline, the Iraq War, the Assad regime in Syria and the use of the term "radical Islam" all seem to hinge on what she perceives 51 percent of the public to believe on any given day.

June 22, 2016
Warning: Shark Jumping Area Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Campus protesters jump the shark

''Jump the shark" is an American pop-culture expression that derives from a 1977 "Happy Days" sitcom episode and describes a moment of decline. At a certain point, a TV show becomes so predictable, empty of ideas and gimmicky that in desperation its writers will try anything -- like the character "The Fonz" jumping over a shark on water skis -- just to stay on the air.

May 4, 2016
Illustration on the overextension of NATO by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Is NATO worth preserving?

Donald Trump recently ignited another controversy when he mused that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was obsolete. He hinted that it might no longer be worth the huge American investment.

April 13, 2016
Illustration on the Orwellian corruption of language by government by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The politicization of the English language

Last week, French President Francois Hollande met President Obama in Washington to discuss joint strategies for stopping the sort of radical Islamic terrorists who have killed dozens of innocents in Brussels, Paris and San Bernardino in recent months. Mr. Hollande at one point explicitly referred to the violence as "Islamist terrorism."

April 6, 2016