Articles by Victor Davis Hanson

An abstract illustration of the U.S. trade deficit as a freight liner transporting huge cargo contrasted with one businessman rowing a single container in the ocean, as a metaphor for an economic imbalance.

Seeing Red About the Sea of Red Ink

Victor Davis Hanson | April 23, 2025

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Commentary

Advice for Ivy League Universities: Take the Trump Deal, Before It’s Too Late

Victor Davis Hanson | April 22, 2025

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PoliticsCommentary

Joe Biden, fingers pointing upward, gives speech in front of two American flags.

The Mainstream Media’s Everlasting Love Affair With Joe Biden

Victor Davis Hanson | April 21, 2025

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Commentary

Trump’s Counterrevolution Strategy: Flood the Zone, Drain the Swamp

Victor Davis Hanson | April 18, 2025

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Education Commentary

A protester at Harvard University holds an anti-Israel sign with a profanity as she marches down a street.

Will Harvard Go Full Hillsdale?

Victor Davis Hanson | April 18, 2025

Harvard University has rejected various demands of a presidential commission on antisemitism. The task force wants to persuade Harvard to ensure Jewish students on its… Read More

Commentary

Europe, You Can’t Sit on the Sidelines Anymore

Victor Davis Hanson | April 17, 2025

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Commentary

Maine Gov. Janet Mills Doesn’t Know It Yet, But She’s an ‘Insurrectionist’

Victor Davis Hanson | April 16, 2025

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Commentary

Harvard’s Radicalization: Lower Standards, Middle Eastern Cash, Politicization

Victor Davis Hanson | April 15, 2025

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Commentary

Trump’s Campus Crackdown Is Long Overdue

Victor Davis Hanson | April 14, 2025

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News

The Nature of War

Victor Davis Hanson | April 11, 2025

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EconomyCommentary

Donald Trump sits in a chair and raises both his hands while talking.

Trump’s So-Called Trade War

Victor Davis Hanson | April 11, 2025

1. President Donald Trump’s so-called trade war. Many call the American effort to obtain either tariff parity or a reduction in the roughly $1 trillion… Read More

Commentary

With Loss of Power in Congress, the Left Turns to Theatrics

Victor Davis Hanson | April 10, 2025

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Commentary

Trade worker at New York Stock Exchange.

Why Is Wall Street Panicking?

Victor Davis Hanson | April 09, 2025

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Commentary

What Would It Take to Destroy the United States?

Victor Davis Hanson | April 08, 2025

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Commentary

Don’t Like Trump’s Plan for the Economy? Let’s Hear Yours

Victor Davis Hanson | April 07, 2025

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Commentary

Other Countries Seem to Like Tariffs. So Why Are People Opposed to Trump’s Tariffs?

Victor Davis Hanson | April 04, 2025

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International Commentary

Donald Trump holds up his hand as he scolds Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a meeting.

All the Ukrainian Known Knowns

Victor Davis Hanson | April 04, 2025

Aside from the rhetoric, there is a growing consensus among Western diplomats, military analysts, military officers, heads of state, and even much of the media… Read More

Commentary

What Was the Purpose of Opening Our Southern Border?

Victor Davis Hanson | April 03, 2025

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Commentary

Strategy to Trump China on the World Stage

Victor Davis Hanson | April 02, 2025

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Commentary

The European Left Takes Out Conservative Politicians

Victor Davis Hanson | April 01, 2025

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Commentary

Pfizer COVID-19 Bombshell Puts 2020 Election Into Context

Victor Davis Hanson | March 31, 2025

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Commentary

How Donald Trump Is Reshaping America in Just 7 Weeks

Victor Davis Hanson | March 28, 2025

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Politics Commentary

Tim Walz stands with a microphone in his left hand and his right hand reaching out as he speaks to an audience.

From Profanity-Chic to Terrorist-Porn

Victor Davis Hanson | March 28, 2025

The Democratic Party is polling about 27% approval—and sinking. In 2024, it lost the White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and both the… Read More

Commentary

The Real Oligarchs Who’ve Been Running Our Country

Victor Davis Hanson | March 27, 2025

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Commentary

OXON HILL, MARYLAND - FEBRUARY 21: National Security Advisor Michael Waltz participates in an interview with political commentator Mercedes Schlapp at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on February 21, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The annual four-day gathering brings together conservative U.S. lawmakers, international leaders, media personalities and businessmen to discuss and champion conservative ideas. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Trump Admin, Don’t Try to Befriend People Who Despise You

Victor Davis Hanson | March 26, 2025

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Commentary

The Left’s Tesla Terrorism Agenda

Victor Davis Hanson | March 25, 2025

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Commentary

Left-Wing Judges Try to Stymie Trump

Victor Davis Hanson | March 24, 2025

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Commentary

The Lengths Democrats Are Willing to Go to Stop Trump

Victor Davis Hanson | March 21, 2025

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PoliticsCommentary

Then-COVID-19 czar Dr. Anthony Fauci and then-President Joe Biden are seen here together on Oct. 25, 2022.

On the Left, They Knew They Were Lying to Us All Along

Victor Davis Hanson | March 21, 2025

For years, the Left has advanced utter untruths for cheap partisan purposes that they knew at the time were all false. And now when caught,… Read More

Commentary

What More Can Musk Do?

Victor Davis Hanson | March 20, 2025

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