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VDH UltraThe DEI Drag: Part One

Victor Davis Hanson America has reverted to a pre-civilizational fixation on tribe and superficial appearance over character and expertise—and the result has been a disaster. But how do we even...

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VDH UltraThe DEI Drag: Part Two

Victor Davis Hanson Once race trumps merit, a public becomes Sovietized; that is, people descend into rank cynicism, distrust, and scorn. For example, the jaded public now believes that America’s daily...

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VDH UltraTen Questions for Kamala Harris: Part One

Victor Davis Hanson Already, the Harris election team has slipped a bit. It actually let Harris out unguarded for a few moments to offer off-the-cuff remarks on the release of the hostages and...

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VDH UltraTen Questions for Kamala Harris. Part Two

Victor Davis Hanson 3. You say you will compare your record to Trump’s on the border anytime. Can you please then answer “yes” or “no” to the following questions: a) Did you support canceling the Trump...

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VDH UltraTen Questions for Kamala Harris: Part Three

Victor Davis Hanson 7. Given you have been critical of Donald Trump for addressing protesters on January 6 and have criticized as reckless his warning to them, “I know that everyone here will soon be...

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VDH UltraThe Week That Was. Part One: The Middle East Cauldron

Victor Davis Hanson Israel is certainly in dire straits. The U.S. for the first time since the Carter administration is now unapologetically anti-Israel. It leverages military aid to Israel to coerce...

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VDH UltraThe Week That Was. Part Two: Recalling Coups, Conspiracies, and Cabals

Victor Davis Hanson Harris now says she will give one press conference before the conclusion of August. In other words, she admits that since the implosion of Biden and her immediate coronation, she...

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VDH UltraThe Week That Was. Part Three: Can this Cabal Be Cracked?

Victor Davis Hanson Trump/Vance have less than 12 weeks to crack the Harris/Walz/DNC/media/donor/backroom cabal and expose the Democratic ticket as the first Biden administration on steroids. Can it be...

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VDH UltraPenetrating Kamala Harris’s Iron Dome?

Victor Davis Hanson The only way Harris–Walz will emerge from their fusion media Iron Dome is if they begin to trail four or so points in the polls. But since there may not be enough time in this...

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VDH UltraWorld War II. Introduction: Revisiting the Revisionism of World War...

Victor Davis Hanson When we read the latest and now widely read denunciations of Churchill as a terrorist, drunk, psychopath, or warmonger, or accusations that the Allies fought a war of terror against...

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VDH UltraWorld War II. Germany and the Causes of World War I, Part Three

And so, when you do something like that with, I mean, again, like a historical event, like World War Two, where, I mean, the one rule is that you shall not do that. You shall not look at this topic and...

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VDH UltraWorld War II. Churchill, the Chief Villain of World War II? Part Five

Victor Davis Hanson And I told him that. I think, and maybe I’m being a little hyperbolic, maybe, but I told him, maybe trying to provoke him a little bit, that I thought Churchill was the chief...

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VDH UltraWorld War II. Churchill, the What Exactly? Part Nine

There was an ideological component of it. But then as time goes on, you read stories about, about Churchill going bankrupt and needing money, getting bailed out by people who shared his interests in...

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VDH UltraWorld War II. Conclusion: Why Does the Paleo-Right Now Hate...

So as far as the Holocaust and the millions slaughtered by Nazism‚ well, as Cooper seems to toss off, the chaos of death sometimes got a bit out of hand and beyond the ability of well-meaning Wehrmacht...

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VDH UltraFifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part One

Victor Davis Hanson Does the current United States really allow the voice of the people to be heard in free and fair elections, with information from the government honestly and disinterestedly...

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VDH UltraFifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part Two

Victor Davis Hanson 4. Lawfare. Imagine coordinating five local and state indictments and civil suits against a presidential candidate and ex-president to bankrupt his candidacy and person, silence his...

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VDH UltraFifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part...

Victor Davis Hanson 7. Coups—the backroom nullification of voters. Over 14 million Democratic voters chose Joe Biden in 2024 to be the Democratic nominee. No other contender came close. Yet after a...

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VDH UltraFifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part...

Victor Davis Hanson 8. Destroying the Electoral College. Next, we come to an array of leftwing proposals designed to destroy the Constitution as we have known it, all for the short-term advantage of...

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VDH UltraFifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part...

Victor Davis Hanson 9. Packing the Court. Did the Right ever wish to pack the 16-year-long liberal Warren Court? Did it ever seek to harass, demonize, or swarm the homes of the justices? What would...

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VDH UltraFifteen Ways to Destroy Democracy to “Save It”—Democrat-Style: Part Six

Victor Davis Hanson 11. Destroying the Senate Filibuster. The Senate filibuster, despite minor changes, has more or less been in effect for some 180 years. The idea was to slow down rush-to-judgment...

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