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When Russia launched its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, few expected Ukraine’s underfunded navy to compete with a traditional power. But within months, the naval front reversed and Ukraine transformed its navy into a decisive force in the Black Sea. Throughout the war, Ukraine disabled over one-third of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, sunk its flagship, and provided…
In the subculture of the vibe-driven new right that suffuses much of MAGA world in the northeastern corridor, one of the commonplaces is the assurance that, whatever the putative obstacles at hand, “you can just do things.” It’s an invocation at once simple and powerful, elevating solutions perennially thought unsolvable—immigration, war, crime—into the realm of the achievable….
Democrats are fighting so ferociously to keep the federal government closed, it’s as if they were trying to kill a GOP-sponsored scheme to exempt the top 1% from the income tax. Au contraire, congressional Republicans uncharacteristically are trying to keep Biden-era federal spending cruising on autopilot, with neither reductions nor reforms. But that’s not good enough for…
For the past several decades, church attendance has become an increasingly female-oriented activity. Church leaders have either given into that fact and no longer try to find a way to get men back to church, or they have spent untold amounts of money on focus groups to find out why men no longer attend, or…
The world of climate realism just won a massive victory thanks to Bill Gates, and the long-term results are likely to be seismic. Gates isn’t just the founder of Microsoft, he’s one of the most influential philanthropists alive today. This past week, he firmly rejected the climate alarmism that’s been so pervasive on the Left….
The 2026 midterm elections will undoubtedly be consequential—hence the redistricting scramble in both red and blue states—for the end of President Donald Trump’s second term. In anticipation of those midterms, however, some in Washington have looked past Tuesday’s elections, even though they will set the tone for future elections in the era of Trump. In…
Ron Crews traveled more than 500 miles to see the East Coast premiere of the new stage production “Lewis & Tolkien.” “Absolutely, it was worth it,” Crews said of making the trip from his home in Georgia to Washington, D.C., to watch the production in celebration of his 77th birthday. For roughly an hour and…
The Democratic Socialists of America just wrapped up a Hajj to their Mecca: Havana, a city so buried in detritus after decades of communism that it’s a wonder why any politician would want to be associated with it. Comparing photos of the Cuban capital today with those from the 1950s is an anti-socialist campaign ad that writes itself. And yet, to Cuba,…
Nov. 2, 2025, is World Fertility Day. The Earth is now home to over 8 billion people. The global population is projected to continue rising for the next few decades, and then a population decline—perhaps a precipitous one—is expected to begin. This decline is coming because, on average, women are having fewer babies. The decades-long drop in fertility…
California’s elections are already rigged overwhelmingly against Republicans—but apparently not enough for Gov. Gavin Newsom. With $10 million from George Soros and tens of millions more from labor unions and other wealthy liberals, he’s gearing up to convince California voters to approve Proposition 50 in a special election on Nov. 4. Prop. 50 would redraw…
From the campus of Virginia Tech where he earned his master’s degree in history, to the presidency of the Texas Public Policy Foundation where he shepherded work in energy policy and criminal justice to help the first Trump administration change the nation’s perceptions of those sectors, to the influential presidency of The Heritage Foundation, Dr….
A few decades back, a Wall Street Journal editor named James Taranto posited what he called “the Roe Effect.” The idea was spawned by data showing a correlation between a woman’s political views and her views and actions regarding abortion. Taranto argued that, over time, conservative women and families would have more children and liberal…
In just a few days, a Karl Marx-quoting communist who has struggled to disavow Hamas is likely to be elected the next mayor of the nation’s financial and cultural epicenter. Thirty-three-year-old New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has surged to the front of the race. He leads by double digits in virtually every public poll,…
Who said this? “If you don’t have any borders, you don’t have a nation.” The speaker went on, “Trump did a better job. I don’t like Trump, but we should have a secure border. It ain’t that hard to do. Biden didn’t do it.” It was Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, in characteristic candor. If, as…
Last month, former Vice President Kamala Harris made the rounds of supportive liberal networks to promote her campaign book “107 Days.” The title implied it was impossible for her to beat that allegedly despised dictator Donald Trump with so little time. No one expected much of the interviewers, starting with ABC’s “The View,” which could…
The left wing and media rage hysterically from one Trump psychodrama to the next, while President Donald Trump trolls both on social media. But all that is verbiage. What matters is the data and facts of Trump’s first nine months since Jan. 20, 2025, in comparison to either former President Joe Biden’s prior year or…
Virginia’s and New Jersey’s gubernatorial races show the Republican candidates currently matching or beating Donald Trump’s past presidential margins. This is big for these state races and for gauging the overall country’s mood. It could be bigger still if it presages a Republican threat to Democrats’ “second blue wall” in 2026 and 2028. In Virginia,…
Why are California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris suddenly praising Joe Biden’s presidency? Victor Davis Hanson breaks down the political theater behind the Democrats’ about-face—and what it reveals about their panic over President Donald Trump’s comeback. This, and more, on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words. This…
It’s Halloween weekend, and few things are scarier than the possibility of a socialist gaining power over America’s biggest city. On Tuesday, millions of New Yorkers will have the opportunity to choose the future they want for the Big Apple. Democrat socialist Zohran Mamdani, Republican Curtis Sliwa, and Democrat-turned-independent Andrew Cuomo are all running to…
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 starting to see a neo-Confederate nullification movement among the contemporary Left in general, in particular…