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In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss what President Donald Trump needs to tell Americans about prices and when they can expect to come down. Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from…
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. There’s been a lot of confusion, discussion, but also confusion, about the idea of platforming some…
On Nov. 6, 2025, a key moment in U.S.-Central Asia relations took place in Washington, where leaders from all five republics—Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan—gathered for talks with President Donald Trump. The C5+1 format, established in 2015, had never been implemented with such vigor until now. With this initiative, the United States once again…
For the second time this month, Americans have elected an openly socialist candidate to public office. After a tight battle in Washington state, Democrat Katie Wilson overtook incumbent Bruce Harrell in Seattle’s 2025 mayoral race, winning by roughly 2,000 votes. Harrell conceded Nov. 13, clearing the way for Wilson—co-founder and executive director of the Transit…
As NATO countries ramp up their defense spending, Poland has taken its place at the vanguard—perhaps because of its long history stained by tragedy. Recognizing Russia’s ambitions and it’s assertive tactics, Poland has embraced a robust deterrence strategy centered on readiness, resilience, and forward defense to fortify NATO’s eastern flank. In the past decade, Poland…
A new report from the University of California, San Diego has ignited a viral conversation on social media, because it demonstrates the alarming lack of preparation among incoming freshmen for college-level math courses. Produced by UCSD’s Senate-Administration Working Group on Admissions, the report found the university “has experienced a steep decline in the academic preparation…
The federal student loan program has long been in need of reform. Now, the Department of Education has taken steps to ensure greater accountability within the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which erases student loan balances after 10 years of public service. Following months of public input, the department published a final rule on Oct….
Progressives insist that you read, watch, and listen to what is obviously left-wing propaganda and “bear it” as unbiased commentary. So much so, in fact, that in my book, “The Ten Woke Commandments (You Must Not Obey),” the Seventh Commandment is “You Shall Bear False Witness (Trust the Media).” There, I broke media bias down…
We awarded our October Dishonorable Conduct Award to California Judge Edward Chen in the first of our new series on judges who ignore or twist the law and the Constitution to get the policy outcome they desire. Our November award, unfortunately, goes to Rhode Island Judge John McConnell for his decision on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which was…
A key reason Democrats make so many Republicans grind our molars is that they will not take responsibility for their own gargantuan failures. Instead, Democrats blame the GOP for the damage that they inflict on America. It’s bad enough when someone takes a skillet and repeatedly wallops you across the back of your head. What really irks is when that person then screams at…
Reading commentary about the recent elections, I thought of an observation of Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Feynman said, “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.” That is, we must always be disciplined in looking at things as they are and not bend to…
Three days before last week’s elections, the once-trenchant “Saturday Night Live” devoted its cold opening skit to poking fun at Zohran Mamdani, now New York mayor-elect, for “smiling so much my face hurts.” The joke was that Mamdani’s permanent grin is false, an artifice he uses to appear relatable. Well, “SNL” is no longer the must-watch entertainment it was in its…
The return of the political trifecta Democrats enjoyed during the 2020-21 General Assembly sessions—now bolstered with a 64-36 majority in the House of Delegates—leaves the question of how to deal with Virginia’s energy issues entirely in their hands. Only if the Democrats suffer a significant division within their own ranks will the Republican legislators cast…
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to VDH’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: So, Victor, I know that you wanted to talk about Israel, that’s sort of tag teaming with…
Woke is out at the Department of War, and higher fitness standards are back. Since being sworn in as secretary, Pete Hegseth has acted to “remov[e] the distractions” from the department, including getting rid of “political correctness” and “DEI offices.” “No more dudes in dresses,” Hegseth said during a recent speech, adding, “We are restoring a ruthless, dispassionate, and commonsense application of standards.” …
Fox News host Laura Ingraham asked President Donald Trump this week if the affordability issue was a factor in the elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City. “More than anything else, it’s a con job by the Democrats,” Trump said, before going on to harangue the media and instruct the GOP to tell…
Going green is really about affordability, according to California Gov. Gavin Newsom. That’s the message from the California governor, who has totally never thought about becoming president until recently, at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil on Tuesday. “It’s about economic power. I think we have to reframe it as a cost-of-living issue,” Newsom said…
In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. A fractured court, led by a conservative majority, held that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, signed into law in the final months of the George H.W. Bush presidency, was unconstitutional. The practical effect of the Murphy decision was…
Even the sports pages can be a platform for anti-Trump editorializing. After the Washington Commanders were drubbed by the Detroit Lions, the front page of The Washington Post sports section carried a piece by columnist Barry Svrluga trashing President Donald Trump’s appearance at the game and in the Fox broadcast booth. He called it “sportswashing.”…
War rarely remains static—a reality made clear through the conflict in Ukraine, which has underscored how technology advances can reshape the battlefield. Under directions from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Army is now incorporating lessons learned from recent and ongoing conflicts to adopt new technology and tactics at the unit level. On April…