Victor Davis Hanson

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Presidential candidates humble-roots shtick

Which presidential candidate was born the poorest? Whose log cabin birthplace was the most ramshackle?

March 2, 2016

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The return of appeasement, collaboration and isolationism

World War II broke out when Nazi Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939. A once-preventable war had become inevitable -- and would soon become global — due to three fatal decisions.

February 17, 2016

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: In search of fixes for a stagnant economy

The U.S. economy grew at an anemic rate of less than 1 percent in the last quarter of 2015.

February 10, 2016

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Indoctrination, not education on college campuses

What do campus microaggressions, safe spaces, trigger warnings, speech codes and censorship have to do with higher learning?

February 3, 2016

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Obama’s David Petraeus obsession

In politically driven moods, the ancient Romans often wiped from history all mention of a prior hero or celebrity. They called such erasures damnatio memoriae.

January 27, 2016

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: George Will, Bill O’Reilly face off over ‘Killing Reagan’

Earlier this month, premier Fox newsman Bill O'Reilly became unhinged on live television. A red-faced Mr. O'Reilly loudly and repeatedly called his invited guest, Washington Post columnist and fellow conservative Fox News journalist George Will, a "hack" and accused him of lying.

November 18, 2015

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The fiction of ‘Truth’

We live in a weary age of fable.

November 11, 2015

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Debate performances dispel notions about candidates

The current presidential campaign is blowing up lots of political myths.

November 4, 2015

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The decline of modern Germany

Germany's political stability and economic sway have until recently earned Chancellor Angela Merkel unprecedented global influence and power.

October 28, 2015

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Can California be saved from liberals?

Crime is back up in California. Los Angeles reported a 20.6 percent increase in violent crimes over the first half of 2015 and nearly an 11 percent increase in property crimes.

October 21, 2015

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Sanctuary cities as a new confederacy

There are now 340 sanctuary cities -- and the list is growing. All of them choose to ignore federal immigration law by refusing to report detained undocumented immigrants to federal authorities under most circumstances.

October 14, 2015

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Beware Vladimir Putin’s ‘coalition’

Contrary to the principles of American foreign policy of the last 70 years, President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry tacitly invited Russia to "help" monitor things in the Middle East. Now they are learning that there are lots of Middle East scenarios far worse than the relative quiet Iraq that the Obama administration inherited in January 2009 -- and soon abandoned.

October 7, 2015

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Pope Francis too political

Unpopular though it may be to say so, I, for one, grew exhausted by the nonstop pronouncements and commentaries of Pope Francis. The spiritual leader of 1 billion Catholics -- roughly half of the world's Christians -- Francis just completed a high-profile, endlessly publicized visit to the United States.

September 30, 2015

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The tragic monotony of migration

There is a tragic monotony to the latest massive human migration, this one involving Syrians fleeing their war-torn country.

September 16, 2015

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: America’s descent into lawlessness

Do you remember Lewis "Scooter" Libby?

September 9, 2015

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Hillary Clinton’s lead slipping away

Hillary Clinton's second race for the presidency is only about a quarter through, but she already seems to be causing general fatigue.

September 2, 2015

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The modern malleability of gender and race

In the present postmodern world, we are told that there is no such thing as a biologically distinct gender. Instead, gender is now socially constructed. It can be defined by the individual in almost any way he or she sees fit.

August 26, 2015

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Big government as the new Terminator

Social observers from Aristotle and Juvenal to James Madison and George Orwell have all warned of the dangers of out-of-control government. Lately, we have seen plenty of proof that they were frighteningly correct.

August 19, 2015

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Progressives always casting blame

Human nature is unchanging, predictable -- and can be dangerous if ignored.

July 15, 2015

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Hillary Clinton’s disregard of law is America’s greatest threat

Barbarians at the gate usually don't bring down once-successful civilizations. Nor does climate change. Even mass epidemics like the plague that decimated sixth-century Byzantium do not necessarily destroy a culture.

July 8, 2015