Oct 31, 2021

Week in Review - A Tree Planted by Water

By Victor Davis Hanson • Issue #29 • View online

Hello Readers, with so much material out about VDH’s The Dying Citizen, this is not an exhaustive list. It is enough for whiling away Sunday afternoon. I put the “VDH Ultra” material after his podcasts and before American Greatness, video and podcast interviews, articles by VDH and others about the new book. In short, there is lots of free material. Don’t be deterred by the Ultra if you don’t have a subscription. I hope all enjoy. Sami Winc

Podcasts

The Traditionalist: Push Back

Oct. 26, 2021: Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler in this remembrance of Colin Powell, assessment of Stanley McChrystal’s generalship, thoughts on Dave Chappelle and Netflix CEO, and examination of Virginia school boards and politics.

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The Classicist: Squeezing the Lemon

Oct. 28, 2021: Victor Davis Hanson talks with Jack Fowler about blue state/red state disparity, 2020 rioters who got what they wanted and all the chaos too, the January 6 Commission, the Steele interview, and California’s ban on small engines.

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The Culturalist: China Rising

Oct. 29, 2021: Victor Davis Hanson talks with Sami Winc on the ubiquitous presence of China on the world stage and in the US itself. What do we do with this octopus nation?

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The Culturalist: Victory and Complexity

Oct. 30, 2021: Join Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc in this examination of the accomplishments of France’s George Clemenceau and the cultural significance of Sophocles’ “Antigone.”

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VDH Ultra (subscription required)

Tribalism Meets the Plague and Beyond - VDH's Blade of Perseus

Victor Davis Hanson Historian’s Corner

Tribalism—and the fear to speak out against such racial, ethnic, or religious chauvinism—can at times prove deadly. During the late 2019 geneses of the coronavirus outbreak, the Chinese government initially suppressed all critical information about the virus’s severity. It destroyed key evidence of its likely birth, by insisting the virus first appeared in an open …

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Remembering Globalism and the Virus - VDH's Blade of Perseus

Victor Davis Hanson Historian’s Corner

“Chinese investment in the United States helps support jobs across our country. We partner to address global challenges, whether it’s promoting nuclear security, combating piracy off the Horn of Africa, encouraging development and reconciliation in Afghanistan, and helping to end the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. …So, greater prosperity and greater …

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Remembering the Early Virus and the Wages of Tribalism - VDH's Blade of Perseus

Victor Davis Hanson Eeyore’s Cabinet

How did China become so sophisticated in its messaging to the Western world? Why was it so shameless in accusing the U.S. of the very sort of racism that it routinely had institutionalized? Apart from crass propaganda and the projectionist tactic of fobbing its own culpability for the pandemic onto the United States, China intuitively …

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Assaults on the Idea of America and Ignorance of the Fragility of the United States - VDH's Blade of Perseus

Victor Davis Hanson Historian’s Corner

As the 2020 election season began, the New York Times, promised its readers a recalibration of American history called “The 1619 Project.” The ensuing series of essays and media kits had a twofold agenda. One was to rewrite the origins of American history as the four-century foreign intrusion into a pristine …

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The Ironies of the Rioting Youth of 2020 - VDH's Blade of Perseus

Victor Davis Hanson Eeyore’s Cabinet

By August 2020, the protests, demonstrations, riots, looting, and arson that followed from the national outrage over the killing of George Floyd had spread to most of America’s cities. But the furor over Floyd’s death was not the only catalyst of the protests. The previously instituted national quarantine—roughly from March …

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American Greatness

Ground Zero of Woke - VDH's Blade of Perseus

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Many of our once revered and most hallowed institutions are failing us. To mention only the most significant ones: our top-ranking military echelon, the leadership of our federal investigatory and intelligence agencies, the government medical establishment—and of course the universities. For too long American higher education’s reputation of global academic …

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The Ignoble Lie - VDH's Blade of Perseus

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness In a controversial passage in Plato’s Republic, Socrates introduced the idea of the “noble lie” (“gennaios pseudos”). A majestic fiction, he says, could sometimes serve society by persuading uninformed citizens of something good for them. Ever since, many prevaricators have used the excuse that they lied for the common good. Take Dr. …

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Our Purgatory Is Their Nirvana - VDH's Blade of Perseus

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Sheer chaos and anarchy on the border? Afghanistan—the most humiliating defeat in recent U.S. military history? A labor-starved supply chain in shambles and holiday shelves emptying out? The worst inflation in 30 years that seems soon ready to match Carter-era levels? Gas hitting $5 a gallon with winter heating fuels …

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Videos and Podcasts

Victor Davis Hanson on the Megyn Kelly Show

Victor Davis Hanson talks at about minute 17:15 of the show to Megyn Kelly about his new book The Dying Citizen.

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Point of View: With Guest Victor Davis Hanson

Kerby welcomes journalist Victor Davis Hanson. They will talk about Victor’s newest book – just released – The Dying Citizen.

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VDH on the Brian Anderson Show

Victor Davis Hanson joins Brian Anderson to discuss the ancient and modern history of citizenship, the hollowing out of civic duty in today’s U.S., and the irresponsibility of American elites. His new book, The Dying Citizen, is out now.

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VDH on the Trevor Carey Show - VDH's Blade of Perseus

Victor speaks with Trevor Carey on citizenship and the his new book The Dying Citizen

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Victor Davis Hanson on the Ben Domenech Show - VDH's Blade of Perseus

This week, Ben Domenech is joined by Political Commentator and NYTimes Best Selling author, Victor Davis Hanson, to discuss his new book The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America.

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The Deep State and the Great Reset

For this special One-on-One interview, Sebastian talks to acclaimed author and historian Victor Davis Hanson about military strategy, the roots of the Deep State, and more.

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The Dying Citizen: Columns and Reviews

Victor Davis Hanson: One Man’s Anarchy Is Another’s Road to Justice

Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Content Agency

Sheer chaos and anarchy on the border? Afghanistan — the most humiliating defeat in recent U.S. military history? A labor-starved supply chain in shambles and holiday shelves emptying out? The worst inflation in 30 years that seems soon ready to match Carter-era levels? Gas hitting $5 a gallon …

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Americans Fight for Their Ancient Rights As Left Tries to Kill Citizenship

Victor Davis Hanson The Federalist

How did our southern border simply vanish — in complete nullification of all federal immigration laws? Since when did our unelected leaders — Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, James Comey and Andrew McCabe, …

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In Defense of Citizenship

Daniel J. Mahoney National Review

It is hard to dispute the claim that the United States is a political and social order in the midst of an immense crisis. The old political consensus in defense of free speech, especially political speech, has been shattered. The woke aim to “cancel” their opponents and to erase them …

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By Victor Davis Hanson

Senior Fellow @HooverInst. Classics and military history. Latest book: The Case for Trump: https://t.co/smqAsoDUsn. Visit VDH's "Private Papers" at www.victorhanson.com. Opinions are my own. This review is edited by Sami Winc for VDH.

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