Victor Davis Hanson

Great works of literature not immune to cancel culture

Amid the current hysteria of toppling statues and renaming things, we keep mindlessly expanding the cancel culture.

January 6, 2021

2020 has been a horrible year, but America did not fall apart

The year 2020 is now commonly dubbed the annus horribilis -- "the horrible year." The last 10 months certainly have been awful.

December 30, 2020

Everything considered bad by the ‘Animal Farm’ liberal media before Nov. 3 is now good

After Nov. 3, the meaning of some words and concepts abruptly changed. Have you noticed how new realities have replaced old ones?

December 23, 2020

Should the Republicans do to Biden what the Democrats did to Trump?

Joe Biden will be our next president. But he will face Nemesis in a way that few other presidents have ever encountered the cruel Greek god.

December 16, 2020

Will Biden give into the anti-Trump Hydroxy Effect?

This Hydroxy Effect -- hysterical disavowal of anything Mr. Trump has endorsed -- is dangerous to the country at large.

December 9, 2020

Today’s leftist elites are no longer defenders of free expression

A half-century ago, progressives used to push limitless free expression, blasting conservatives for their allegedly blinkered traditionalism.

December 2, 2020

Trump faces critical choice about his political future

Donald Trump is nearing a crossroads. Those who allege that he has endangered the tradition of smooth presidential transitions by not conceding immediately after the media declared him the loser suffer amnesia.

November 25, 2020

Irony abounds as the left politicizes COVID-19 pandemic

Where has the coronavirus gone? Nowhere. The pandemic has gained a second wind, even as it is mysteriously scarcer in post-election headlines.

November 18, 2020

Will Trump ride off into the sunset?

I once wrote that whenever Donald Trump exits office, he will likely leave as a "tragic hero."

November 11, 2020

Election really about furious liberal Democrats changing constitutional norms

In traditional presidential campaigns, the two major parties offer contrasting ideas and policies. The Democratic and Republican candidates barnstorm the nation to make their cases.

October 28, 2020

Will changes to American life after pandemic become permanent?

The coronavirus, widespread quarantines, an unprecedented self-induced recession, and unchecked rioting, looting and protesting -- all in a presidential election year -- are radically disrupting American habits and behavior.

October 21, 2020

Political ideologies and biases now rampant in once trusted organizations

In the 21st century, hallmark American and international institutions have lost much of their prestige and respect.

October 14, 2020

Ignoring current problems, California’s Newsom signs illogical reparations bill

California's state legislature just passed, and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed, Assembly Bill 3121 to explore providing reparations to California's African-American population -- 155 years after the abolition of slavery.

October 7, 2020

The unscientific attack on the COVID-19 science of Dr. Scott Atlas

The news media until recently had rarely criticized the medical advice of experts -- especially those who worked for federal bureaucracies, international organizations or elite universities.

September 30, 2020

Science and health experts, not common-sense citizens, have been failing America

Without common sense in government, civilization cannot continue.

September 23, 2020

Partisan liberal media believe destroying Trump by any means is necessary

The election year 2020 has only accelerated that asymmetrical bias -- to the point that major newspapers and network and cable news organizations are now fused with the Joe Biden campaign.

September 16, 2020

Greek-Turkish rivalry again near the boiling point

Almost daily, Greek and Turkish aircraft and ships fight mock battles over disputed oil and gas rights in the eastern Mediterranean.

September 9, 2020

Joe Biden is a candidate of contradictions

Joe Biden's handlers seem to assume that if he were to leave his basement and fully enter the fray, he could be capable of losing the election in moments of gaffes, lapses or prolonged silences.

September 2, 2020

Why does mob violence in American cities continue?

It is hard to tell what the current revolutionary violence in our major cities is all about.

August 26, 2020

America’s sort-of goodbye to Germany?

President Trump recently ordered a 12,000-troop reduction in American military personnel stationed in Germany. That leaves about 24,000 American soldiers still in the country.

August 19, 2020