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11 Nov Victor Davis Hanson – History Will Grind Out the Truth

Perhaps America’s greatest living historian, Dr. Victor Davis Hanson is always a good read.  His latest post on American Greatness, is reproduced below. Excerpts: Five years ago, the New York Times, the Washington Post, most of the mainstream media, and the majority of the bipartisan Washington. D.C. political and government establishments insisted...

02 Aug Victor Davis Hanson: Incompetence + Arrogance = Woke

Reposting VDH is always worthwhile…serious, mature thinking seems to be in short supply these days…. ___________________ We know the nature of mass hysterias in history, and how they can overwhelm and paralyze what seem to be stable societies. We know the roots and origins of the cult of wokeness. And...

20 Jul Victor Davis Hanson – The American Descent into Madness

The incomparable Victor Davis Hanson, writing at American Greatness.  Every American adult should consider Dr. Hanson a ‘must read’ for historical perspective and fulsome understanding of what is going on.  There will then be rising hope for America… __________________ The American Descent into Madness Nations have often gone mad in...

06 Jul From Victor Davis Hanson: “The Cruel Progressive Creed Undoing Civilization”

Not sure how we missed this when it first was posted at American Greatness, but it is Victor Davis Hanson at his best:  using his intellect and wide-ranging knowledge of human history and human nature to sound warnings for our time.  We should all pay attention. ______________________ The Cruel Progressive...

31 May Victor Davis Hanson in American Greatness: “The New Regressive Dark Ages”

Historical perspective is valuable, especially when it comes from Dr. Victor Davis Hanson.  FTA: “…arrogance, wealth, and received authority are always the super-spreaders and force-multipliers of false knowledge, and none more so than in the present age.” __________________ Once upon a time long ago, we agreed there were certain immutable...

24 May The Incomparable Victor Davis Hanson: “Feet-of-Clay Icons”

To paraphrase Rush Limbaugh, once you know what Victor Davis Hanson thinks about a particular topic, you’ll be hard pressed to think more clearly.  Reproduced in its entirety from American Greatness is his most recent essay “Feet-of-Clay Icons”. __________________ “The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its...

09 May Victor Davis Hanson and Lee Smith – “We Have the People”

Deep, intelligent, historically knowledgeable, reflective discussion of America’s stark predicament, from Lee Smith and Victor Davis Hanson, two stalwarts of American thought…captured at Conservative Treehouse.  A thread of hope and optimism.  Worth your time.

17 Mar A Great American Thinker: Dr. Victor Davis Hanson

No identification of this era’s heroic American writers and commentators and ‘thinkers’ would be complete without Dr. Victor Davis Hanson. No one we are aware of can combine vast historical knowledge, deep insight into the human condition, and grasp of political/cultural trends like Dr. Hanson—a humble product of a small-town...