Jacobin Democrats

From Victor Davis Hanson at American Greatness, Trumped Out: But these are not normal times. There is (for now) no longer a Democratic Party. Instead, it is a revolutionary Jacobin movement that believes socialism is our salvation, that identity politics is our creed,...

Trump ‘Splaining

The 2016 election of Donald Trump has truly upset the political order, widened an already contentious political divide, and created a cottage industry of political writers and analysts trying to explain his rise to power. Explaining Trump’s actions, or Trump himself...

Thugs of Moral Supremacy

From Victor David Hanson at American Greatness, Autopsy of a Dead Coup: An excellent collection of the events of the last two years: The thinking of the conspirators initially had been predicated on three assumptions thematic during this three-year long government...

The Dirty Harry School of Trump-splaining

from Victor Davis Hanson in National Review, Never What? Like it or not, most Americans do not always have the choice to vote for presidents largely on the basis of their personal comportment rather than on the issues the candidates embrace and the likelihood that...

A Patina of Affluence

From National Review, Victor Davis Hanson, The Progressive Race to the Bottom: The new socialism is also attributable to ten years of anemic annual economic growth below 3 percent, massive student debt, open borders, changing demography, and radical new approaches to...