Victor Davis Hanson
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Beware the 'pseudo-recession' that brought past presidents down
Donald Trump must learn from the past and fixate on the economy in 2026 to end-run a devious Democratic strategy.
We know the reasons for violence against Jews — but refuse to say them aloud
Anemic Western leaders fear Muslim terrorism, growing Muslim voters and their own growing antisemitic campus constituencies.
Major signs of another coming Dark Age — collapsing the West could make history repeat
Western civilization arose in Greece in the 8th century BC, when some 1,500 city-states emerged from a murky, illiterate 400-year-old Dark Age.
Self-righteous, smug Europe chokes on its scorn for America
Only one of these competing solutions will solve the shared crisis of Western civilization.
Citizens are fed up with Dem-invited migrants who have disdain for US law and culture
It is hard now even for Democrats to defend illegal immigration, given that the Biden administration allowed in more than 10 million entrants. Among them were an estimated 500,000 criminals....
Count the reasons dishonest Gavin Newsom shouldn't be president
In the Democratic primaries, Gavin Newsom will try to out-crazy the violence, profanity and extremism of the even crazier Democratic Socialists — because he's utterly failed California.
Here's how to get Gen Z males back on the job and in the dating market
Generation "Z" — those roughly between 13 and 28 years old — is becoming our 21st-century version of the "Lost Generation."
The left's Pavlovian hatreds are blinding them to their politically suicidal choices
The problem with a party line is that it is deductive, not inductive.
How dare Dems claim moral superiority over those enforcing immigration law
Ellis Island's successful tenure offers a sharp contrast to the failures of our recent open-border catastrophes.
Tuesday's biggest lesson: The GOP has some work to do — and the clock is ticking
There is only a year left before the midterms. So Republicans must react to even these paltry results.
Trump has already put Biden's record to shame after just 9 months
Never mind what the left and media rage about: President Donald Trump's first nine months back in office tell a story of national recovery from the self-inflicted disasters of the...
Joe Biden — and fellow Dems — acted way more like a 'king' than Donald Trump
Why then do the Democrats' "No Kings" protests claim Trump is a monarch?
Why Trump is succeeding in the Middle East where Biden and Obama failed
The short answer to why both the Biden and Obama administrations failed to achieve peace in the Middle East is that they took actions opposite to President Donald Trump's current...
The UN has failed dismally and despises Trump for his success
The UN's 80-year record has proved as dismal as the League's 26 years.
EscalatorGate: The US left's hatred — of Trump and the right — has now gone global
The left-wing hatred of the president has gone global — even after two near-successful assassination attempts.
What a difference in how Americans reacted to the deaths of Charlie Kirk vs. George Floyd
The far-left alleged that conservatives would "pounce" on Kirk's death to wage protests and boost radical agendas, as they did after George Floyd's death.
Europe provoked its own destruction — and threatens the Western world
The Western idea of the Enlightenment, that we are individuals, not tribes and collectives, free to question the world about us, is shattered — but the US must resist.
Dems hit by the lawfare, executive order and federal intervention boomerang they created
Those who helped break the law, by design or indifference, now believe it was moral to destroy federal immigration law but immoral to uphold it.
Open borders and welfare bloat have Europe at the brink of disaster: Will it shift course?
Europe's open borders and leftward tilt has become unsustainable, sparking crime, budget crises and defense challenges. Will it shift course to stave off disaster?
Why the left opposes everything Trump backs — even when they know he's right
The more Trump pressed almost all NATO members to pay their promised 2% of GDP on defense, the more Democrats grew irate over Trump's overseas influence.