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Our Spanish Civil War?
Deep and brutal strife in 1930s Spain was a prelude to the barbarity of World War II. Now with the war in Ukraine, we’re reminded that the veneer of civilization is very thin.
Victor Davis Hanson | Commentary | Apr. 26, 2022
Loose Nuke Talk
The world has become obsessed with nuclear weapons. Is there a danger in daily normalizing the abnormal and casually thinking the unthinkable?
Victor Davis Hanson | Commentary | Apr. 15, 2022
The Nihilism of the Left
In pursuit of its utopian omelet, the Left cares little about the millions of middle-class Americans it must break to make it.
Victor Davis Hanson | Commentary | Apr. 6, 2022
History Should Be Our Guide in Ukraine
Ukraine can defeat Vladimir Putin’s expeditionary army if the West remembers that history is not on Putin’s side.
Victor Davis Hanson | Commentary | Apr. 1, 2022
From Depressionist to Stalinist
“The Grapes of Wrath,” winner of two Academy Awards, casts a shadow backward and forward. Biden is making it relevant again.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Commentary | Mar. 26, 2022
Vladimir Putin, the Latest of the Failed Irredentists
In response to Putin’s irredentist schemes, the surreal Left has alternately appeased him and angrily denounced the critics of their appeasement.
Victor Davis Hanson | Commentary | Mar. 7, 2022
Denial of Russian Access to Bank Transfers Was Once Likened by Russia’s Prime Minister to an ‘Act of War’
‘SWIFT is the financial nuclear weapon,’ is the way it was put by France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire.
Judy L. Shelton | Commentary | Mar. 1, 2022
The Crowded Road to Kyiv
To retain our deterrence abroad, we must tighten our belts at home, pump oil and gas, start to balance our budget, junk wokeism as a nihilist indulgence, and recalibrate our military.
Victor Davis Hanson | Commentary | Feb. 28, 2022
Putin’s Predictabilities
It is easy to predict what the Russian president will do in any given situation. Biden is making it easier for Putin to act with aggression.
Victor Davis Hanson | Commentary | Feb. 24, 2022
Three Cheers for Emmanuel Macron
Ivan Eland | Commentary | Feb. 17, 2022






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