Victor Davis Hanson
Articles and commentary from historian Victor Davis Hanson on politics, culture, foreign policy, and the issues shaping America and the world.
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Victor Davis Hanson: What Is It With the Fickle Europeans?
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. What is it with the fickle Europeans? I know that they have different interests than ours, but… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Ungrateful Immigrant
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I’d like to talk about a very controversial topic. I call it the ungrateful immigrant. You know,… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Why Kristi Noem Failed at DHS
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” with Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: Kristi Noem. Any thoughts that you want to share about her firing and her tenure as… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Newsom’s Rocky Month Shows the Risks of Running on Style Over Substance
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Gavin Newsom, the governor of our state here in California, and the presumptive front-runner in the… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s ‘Wars of Reckoning’ Send a Message to Iran, China, and Beyond
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. We’ve seen President Donald Trump’s punitive action, preemptive actions, in his first term and now in his second… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Laid Out America’s Comeback While Democrats Sat Silent
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. We had the State of the Union, as we all know, on Tuesday. I think all… -
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Victor Davis Hanson on Trump’s Dream Iran Outcome
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. We’re coming up on the fourth day of war in the Middle East since the United… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Real Reason Iran Won’t Negotiate
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” with Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. This show was filmed prior to the start of Operation Epic Fury. Jack Fowler: Victor, your thoughts if we… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Cost-Benefit Analysis for Striking Iran
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” with Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. This show was filmed prior to the start of Operation Epic Fury. Sami Winc: So, Victor, let’s then… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Cancer Update, ‘Your Prayers Work, Folks’
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: Victor was also up at three or four o’clock his time. And he sent a… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Pros and Cons of America’s Strike on Iran
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from Monday’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Please note that it was recorded before Saturday’s strike against Iran began. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Hello, this is Victor Davis… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Rubio Tells Europe What It Needs to Hear
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I think all of us have heard some news of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s very… -
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Victor Davis Hanson Gives Update 6 Weeks After Cancer Surgery
Six weeks after surgery to remove lung cancer, Victor Davis Hanson shared in his most recent podcast about his recovery and the hope he has gained from well-wishers. “I never expected so many people to be so nice. … I knew they were nice. I didn’t know there were so many of them,” said Hanson,… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Vance vs. Rubio
Victor Davis Hanson returns to weigh the balancing act Vice President JD Vance faces in a potential 2028 run in weeding out antisemitism from within the Republican Party without alienating disenfranchised white males who have been misled. Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson:… -
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Victor Davis Hanson’s First Episode Back After Cancer Surgery
Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson has returned for his first episode of his show “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words” in over a month, sharing more details about his recent lung cancer surgeries. “I’ve been off for a while, as you may have noticed. I had a mucinous adenoma carcinoma. That’s kind of a long name for a very rare nonsmokers’ type… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Why Minnesota Is Becoming America’s New Nullification Crisis
In the months before the April 12, 1861, firing on Fort Sumter, there were lots of sharp divisions in the North about the proper reaction to the first seven Confederate states that had already left the Union. Not all Unionists believed that war was inevitable. Some, in fact, were happy to be done with the… -
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‘I Hope to Post Things Now and Again’: Victor Davis Hanson Offers New Health Update
Notes In Absentia I want again to thank everyone for the wonderful expressions of concern and reassurance that I have received from listeners and readers. In response to inquiries, and some quite detailed questions and advice, here is a brief update concerning my current temporary absence. As I wrote, the removal of a cancerous lung… -
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1960s Liberalism Killed Michael Brown | Victor Davis Hanson
Award-winning filmmaker and president of Man of Steele Productions Eli Steele joins Jack Fowler to discuss the historical factors surrounding Michael Brown’s 2014 death at the hands of a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri and how 1960s post-liberal policies were the catalyst that set off years of racial unrest in America beginning in the… -
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Sabin Howard: Art Hasn’t Recovered After Abandoning Human Greatness | Victor Davis Hanson
Subscribe to VDH’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. 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 patriotism. Howard critiques modern art’s nihilism and highlights his commitment to creating art that honors American values and elevates human consciousness… -
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‘I Can’t Thank You Enough’: Victor Davis Hanson Shares His Gratitude and the Latest on His Recovery
Editor’s note: Thursday afternoon, Jack Fowler, co-host of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” received a note from Hanson that the iconic historian wanted him to share with the public. As Fowler said, if you’re looking for the “official word” on Hanson’s health and status, “this is it.” I want to thank all the…