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Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words
Victor Davis Hanson provides commentary on the latest political and cultural news with an eye to the historical significance of our time. He is an author, historian, classicist, and contemporary analyst. Join him to learn about the what's going on in your world.
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Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own WordsTrump vs. the Pope, Iran’s Economic Squeeze, NATO’s Weakness, and Left-Wing Street Violence | Victor Davis Hanson
While it was unwise for President Donald Trump to attack Pope Leo in such a public manner, the Pope himself should know better than to wade into partisan…
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California’s NGO Money Pipeline, Unfunded Mandates, and Rebuilding After the Palisades Fires | Elaine Culotti & Victor Davis Hanson
CaliforniaCalifornia’s problems didn’t happen overnight—they’re the result of decades of policy choices that prioritized ideology over infrastructure, energy…
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Swalwell Drops Out, Dem Machine Discipline, Iran Strikes & Justice System Breakdown | Victor Davis Hanson
If you take anything away from Rep. Eric Swalwell’s resignation, it should be the following: Whether a democratic politician actually abused, sexually…
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Iran Crippled, Media Confused: Trump’s Strategy Has Everyone Guessing | Victor Davis Hanson
The reaction to President Trump’s Iran strategy has reached peak absurdity—critics can’t decide if he’s too aggressive or not aggressive enough. While the…
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Trump, Iran, “War Crimes” Claims, and the Double Standard on Targeting Infrastructure | Victor Davis Hanson
Debate over Trump’s rhetoric on Iran has sparked fresh accusations of “war crimes” from critics. But a look at history—from World War II through Iraq and…
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Bad Cop Trump, Good Cop Vance? Inside the High-Stakes Iran Gambit | Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson and host Jack Fowler discuss President Trump’s profane Easter warning to Iran and frame it as a “Nixon madman” bad-cop/good-cop strategy…
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NATO’s Double Standard on Iran, Europe’s Drift, and the Fraud Crisis at Home | Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson and host Jack Fowler discuss why several NATO allies—especially France—restricted the United States from using bases and airspace during…
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Victor Davis Hanson: Anchor Babies the Defy Logic and Spirit of 14th Amendment
Is this America’s fight—or another case of allies sitting on the sidelines? Victor Davis Hanson breaks down President Trump’s Iran address, exposing the…
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Regime Change Is a Bonus—Not the Goal—in Iran | Victor Davis Hanson
Iran’s regime shows cracks as internal divisions and economic pressure mount under renewed U.S. strategy. Questions swirl about NATO allies, global hypocrisy…
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The West’s Anti-Christian Crackdown, Holy Land ‘Security,’ ‘No Kings’ Protests & CCP Stalking at Stanford | VDH
Last week, Israel denied access to Bethlehem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of the holiest sites in the Christian faith, on Palm Sunday, citing security…
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Victor Davis Hanson: NEW Book, Trump’s Endless War Agenda, Ilhan Omar Immigration Fraud Explained
Victor Davis Hanson provides viewers with an update to on forthcoming book, "The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement ”…
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Why the Blue State Project Is Imploding Before Our Very Eyes | Victor Davis Hanson
President Donald Trump has Democrats between a rock and a hard place. The only way they can win popular support in their ongoing feud with Republicans over…
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Chicago Illegal Alien Murder, Europe’s Islam Accommodation, and Trump’s Iran Strategy | Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc discuss the killing of Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old freshman at Loyola University, in Chicago and criticize Illinois…
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How Democrats Illegal Immigration Failures Led to a Deadly Chicago Tragedy | Victor Davis Hanson
The tragic shooting of a Loyola University freshman last week highlighted Chicago’s serious need for ICE to remove illegal immigrants from its streets. By…
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From Trump Ally to Critic, Joe Kent’s Changing Path | Victor Davis Hanson
Joe Kent honorably served the United States during his 11 deployments to combat zones in the Middle East. Now, however, he has betrayed President Trump, the…
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Life’s Not Perfect. Transitioning to a Boy Won’t Make It Better | Stella O'Malley
Medicine is not the answer to most problems, especially when it comes to gender dysphoria. Stella O'Malley, Irish psychotherapist and author, joins co-host…
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Victor Davis Hanson: DHS Shutdown Is All About the Economy, Not ICE
In this Friday news roundup, Victor Davis Hanson argues Iran is unlikely to strike the U.S. homeland with drones but could use proxies or influenced…
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The Merits of Joe Kent’s Resignation, the Democrats’ Anti-Israel Shift, and America’s Blue-State Decline | Victor Davis Hanson
Jack Fowler and Victor Davis Hanson discuss Joe Kent’s recent resignation over opposition to military action against Iran. Hanson argues Iran’s long record of…
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Old Dominion Shooting Latest Reminder That the Third World Is Not Spending Its Best | Victor Davis Hanson
The legacy media continues to downplay recent bombing attempts and other violent incidents tied to illegal immigrants, arguing “Islamophobia” is overstated…
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Victor Davis Hanson: Iran’s Chaos Strategy, Trump’s Political Tightrope, Cuba, and California’s DEI Push
Iran’s “chaos strategy” consists of threatening the Strait of Hormuz and striking regional targets, weighing U.S. and Israeli escalation options amid Donald…
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When Migrants Wanted To Be Americans | Victor Davis Hanson & Max Nikias
Victor Davis Hanson interviews former USC president and engineer Max Nikias about his memoir, “American Trojan,” tracing Nikias’s journey from a poor village…
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The “Pandemic of Lunacy”: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy, J. Budziszewski
University of Texas at Austin professor and moral philosopher Prof. J. Budziszewski discusses his new book, “The Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think Clearly When…
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Victor Davis Hanson: A US Ground War With Iran Would Be Costly and Likely Unnecessary
Many Americans are wary of U.S. boots on the ground in the Middle East after the Afghanistan and Iraq wars that became "endless." President Trump’s comment…
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Victor Davis Hanson: $64,000 Question In US-Iran War
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America Lost Its Maritime Power and China Filled the Void | Chris O’Dea
China has created “the operating system for the globalized economy,” putting other countries at its mercy. Chris O’Dea, an adjunct fellow at the Hudson…
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Pennsylvania’s Policy Battles: Energy Independence, School Choice, and America 250 | Andrew Lewis
Pennsylvania is “tied to the American story.” It’s the state that gave power to both the first and second industrial revolutions, saved the union at…
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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Must Surgically ‘Decapitiate’ Iran’s Warfighting Capabilities
In the early hours of Saturday, Feb. 28, the United States, at the direction of President Donald Trump, and in close coordination with Israeli allies…
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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Democrat ‘Lose, Lose’ SOTU Strategy
Donald Trump’s first State of the Union speech of his second term was long as it was a ‘good slice of Americana,’ argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition…
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What Happens When You Tell Therapists That Whiteness Is a Disease? | Dr. Andrew Hartz
Is your white privilege giving you anxiety? Obviously, no. But for America’s mental health professionals, the answer is increasingly becoming “yes.” “Activist…
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When Schooling Became Utilitarian: The Quiet Shift That Changed Everything | Andrew Zwerneman
Education is “inherently a historical project” because it’s the generational passing down of culture. This “transmission of culture,” or classical liberal…
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Victor Davis Hanson: Mike Huckabee Is Right. Christians Better off in Israel Than Qatar
Where did Jesse Jackson fall along the radical racial spectrum, and what did he not do that Obama did, are some of the questions Victor Davis Hanson answers on…
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own WordsVictor Davis Hanson: AOC Makes Kamala Harris Sound Like Socrates, Cicero
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Women Are 50% of the Population So Why Are We Afraid To Defend Women’s Sports? | Kim Jones
Sports is the “public arena of the difference of the sexes,” so it’s crucial “to assert biological reality,” especially in an era where biological men have…
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Victor Davis Hanson: Glib Barista AOC’s Ignorance Front and Center at Munich Security Conference
The “Glib Barristia” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s, D-N.Y., ignorance of world affairs was one full display for the world to see at the Munich Security…
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Cheap Foreign Labor, Managerial Class Killing America’s ‘Last Cowboys’ | Gord Magill & Jack Fowler
Truckers went from being revered in pop culture as the archetype of the “last American cowboy” in the 1970s and ’80s to teetering on the edge of irrelevance…
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Victor Davis Hanson: Why Aren't Young Christians ‘Default’ Free-Market Supporters Anymore? | Mark Tooley
Without a free market, the U.S. would not have “liberty,” “prosperity,” or “economic growth.” Young religious people who are not on the left used to support…
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own WordsVictor Davis Hanson: Jeffrey Epstein May Have Been Too Calculated to Leave a Paper Trail
There might not be “a whole [Epstein] list” like U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel have said. Victor Davis Hanson returns for another…
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How Immigration Became a Geopolitical Weapon Against America | Peter Schweizer
Mass migration isn’t just a policy debate; it’s a power struggle with global stakes. Bestselling investigative journalist Peter Schweizer, author of “The…
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Bad Bunny Super Bowl Spectacle Was a ‘Crutch for the Lack of Talent,’ Says Victor Davis Hanson
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance this past Sunday has the country split on whether or not it presented a message of unity or division. And the…
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Big Tech Wanted ‘Clean Energy.’ Ohio Gave Natural Gas | Rep. Troy Balderon
We have “100 years of natural gas below our feet” is Rep. Troy Balderon’s, R-Ohio, appraisal of the energy situation in his home state. Since the early 2010s…
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Victor Davis Hanson RETURNS: Bay Area Democrats Play Populist at the Expense of the Middle Class
Following his major lung surgery at the end of Dec. 2025, Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson RETURNS for his first episode of “Victor Davis…
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own WordsThe Rise of America’s ‘Alternative’ Classical Schools | Deacon Christopher Roberts
Why is the classical education movement gathering so much steam in America right now? “...as a classical educator, we've got this inner drive for communion…
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own WordsHow the Supreme Court Is Likely to Rule on Trump’s Tariffs | Dr. John Yoo
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last November about whether President Trump exceeded his executive authority by imposing what some are calling…
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own WordsTim Walz Ruled as a ‘Fascist Dictorator’ Under COVID Decree | Scott Johnson
Does former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon have a First Amendment right to interfere with the First Amendment rights of the worshipers and…
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own WordsLonely, Online, and Disconnected? What 1,000 Young Men Say About Life, Mentorship, and Meaning
Young men need to exercise “agency” in their own lives. A recent survey done on young men and their problems (and prospects) revealed young men who participate…
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EXPOSED: Taxpayers Paying For Democrat Activists’ Grad School Tuition | Jennifer Kabbany and Jack Fowler
Nearly 80% of Truman Scholars, a taxpayer-funded scholarship program, from 2017 and 2018 ”have a clear connection to liberal politics, such as working for…
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How ‘Midwest Nice’ Minnesota Became Ground Zero for Leftist Violence and Fraud | Jack Fowler & Tyler O'Neil
Traditionally, Minnesotans, by virtue of their Scandinavian heritage, are known for being well-mannered and having good governance. However, over the past few…
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Hollywood’s ‘Willful Ignorance’ Towards Communist Crimes Was Decades in the Making | Elizabeth Spalding
In this wide-ranging conversation, host Jack Fowler sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Spalding to confront the forgotten truths of communism’s deadly legacy. From…
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California’s ‘Futureland’ High-Speed Rail Is Still Stuck at the Station | Lee Ohanian
In 2008, California voters approved Proposition 1A, giving the green light to start planning a high-speed railway connecting San Francisco to Los Angeles…
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own WordsThe Great Book of the 20th Century: “The Gulag Archipelago” | Daniel J Mahoney
All of Thomas Sowell’s “considerable learning” is front and center in his 2007 book A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles. Sowell…
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own WordsAbortion Isn’t Health Care: Why Retreating Now Betrays GOP Principles | Victor Davis Hanson
Pro-life activist and former president of the Charlotte Lozier Institute Chuck Donovan joins Jack Fowler to discuss the surprising “diverse” coalition of the…
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own WordsIvy League Prof: ‘Black Lives Matter Was Created From a Fabrication’ | Victor Davis Hanson
In this episode of 'Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words', Jack Fowler interviews Bill Jacobson, founder of Legal Insurrection and professor of law at Cornell…
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1960s Liberalism Killed Michael Brown | Victor Davis HansonEli steele Draft
Award-winning filmmaker and president of Man of Steele Productions Eli Steele joins Jack Fowler to discuss the historical factors surrounding Michael Brown’s…
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Sabin Howard on Restoring American Art & Culture with Patriotic Sculptures | Victor Davis Hanson
Join host Jack Fowler as he fills in for Victor Davis Hanson and welcomes renowned sculptor Sabin Howard for an insightful discussion on art, culture, and…
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RealClear Politics' Fight for Free Speech with David DesRosiers | Victor Davis Hanson
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Jack Fowler fills in for Victor Davis Hanson and sits down with David DesRosiers, president of the…
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own WordsBiden Let ‘Immigration Activist’ Turn America Into an Open-Borders Country | Victor Davis Hanson
Did former President Barack Obama prioritize a scheme to increase and use immigration to achieve political goals? Were Obama’s cronies actually the ones in the…
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own WordsVictor Davis Hanson: The Common Denominator of the Issues Troubling Me Most
**This episode was recorded before Victor Davis Hanson's December 30 medical operation** In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor…
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own WordsVictor Davis Hanson: The Danger of Dumbing Down American Students
**This episode was recorded before Victor Davis Hanson's December 30 medical operation** In this special edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,”…
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Decline of Religiosity is More Worrisome Than the Rise of Artificial Intelligence
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler continue their Sour 16 competition with growing irreligiosity…
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own WordsVictor Davis Hanson: What I Fear Worse Than Socialist Democratic Government
**This episode was recorded before Victor Davis Hanson's December 30 medical operation** In a new March Madness-style series that will pair off “16 terrible…