Victor Davis Hanson

OPINION March 22

Heroic Ukrainians are shining light in the darkest hour of war

The outcome of Putin's invasion is not determined, and depends on staying confident while calm.

OPINION March 8

Putin's Ukraine invasion awakens once-sleepy Western nations

One of the most unexpected reactions to Vladimir Putin’s ruthless invasion of Ukraine has been the muscular response of a West supposedly in decline. 

OPINION December 20

The importance of work and the benefits of honest labor

The U.S. was founded on the idea of the inherent nobility of work. A nation of free, self-sufficient homesteaders believed their hard labor could ensure their prosperity, liberty and autonomy. 

OPINION October 5

Victor Davis Hanson: The dangerous, diminishing power of the independent American citizen

The last two years seem to have been one continual crisis—well aside from the coronavirus pandemic.

OPINION September 13

Victor Davis Hanson: Recall could save California – here's how Newsom, elites destroying once-thriving state

Even ideas eventually have consequences. Soon, even the left-wing paradise on the coast would be infected by the anarchy the rich had created for less important people elsewhere.

OPINION September 5

Victor Davis Hanson: Our new woke Pentagon is hell-bent on losing America's trust – and wars

It is the beginning of a never-ending bad dream. President Joe Biden and the Pentagon have managed to birth a new terrorist haven, destroy much of U.S. strategic deterrence, and alienate our allies and much of the country.

OPINION August 28

Victor Davis Hanson: America's resilience and its resources are not infinite. Can it still work?

The United States just suffered a terrible and shameful defeat in Afghanistan. The catastrophe reminds us that the Biden administration had its politicized military and bureaucracy mostly fixate on diversity, equity and inclusion, and to root out supposed internal enemies.

OPINION August 21

Victor Davis Hanson: If Biden were a Republican, Dems in Congress would have impeached him. They should

President Biden and his team in defeat threaten the victorious Taliban with possible ostracism from global diplomacy as the price of their illiberality. Really?

OPINION August 14

Victor Davis Hanson: An American apocalypse – why people of all classes, races are filled with fear

For the first time in their lives, all Americans of all classes and races are starting to fear a self-created apocalypse that threatens their families’ safety and the American way of life.

OPINION August 8

Victor Davis Hanson: COVID vaccinations – Team Biden should look in the mirror before pointing fingers

It was always going to be a Herculean task to inoculate, with an untried vaccine, a multi-ethnic nation of 330 million people across a vast continent — in an era when the media routinely warps the daily news.