VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Coup Upon Coup Upon Coup
In March 2020, all of the major Democratic primary candidates suddenly and inexplicably withdrew from the presidential race almost unanimously, conceding the nomination to Joe Biden. But Biden lost the first three states — Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada — and only won his first state, South Carolina. Suddenly, on the eve of the big […]
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Can We Let The Voters Decide — Not The FBI, CIA, DOJ, Lawyers, Prosecutors And Judges?
When Donald Trump appeared to be gaining ground in the 2016 Republican primaries, Democrats concluded that they couldn’t expect Americans to choose “the right thing” while waiting for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. What followed was eight years of extrajudicial efforts to neutralize Donald Trump, candidate, president, former president and candidate again. All these relentless efforts […]
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Our Brezhnev, Our Pravda, Our Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev led the former Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Communist Party until 1982. But like many Russian bureaucrats who struggled with excessive smoking, drinking and weight gain, he aged prematurely. And like many of them, his disability did not cause him to abdicate. In his late 60s and early 70s, Brezhnev’s growing […]