The Victor Davis Hanson Podcast -- Episode 20: General Elect Tricks

New Disclosures Confirm: Trump Himself Was the Target of Obama Administration’s Russia Probe

Long-sought documents finally pried from U.S. intelligence agencies prove that the Obama administration used the occasion of providing a standard intelligence briefing for major-party candidates as an opportunity to investigate Donald Trump on suspicion of being a Russian asset. I say investigate Donald Trump ... Read More

Politics & Policy

New Disclosures Confirm: Trump Himself Was the Target of Obama Administration’s Russia Probe

By Andrew C. McCarthy

Long-sought documents finally pried from U.S. intelligence agencies prove that the Obama administration used the occasion of providing a standard intelligence briefing for major-party candidates as an opportunity to investigate Donald Trump on suspicion of being a Russian asset. I say investigate Donald Trump ... Read More

Politics & Policy

AOC Calls Statue of Priest Who Ministered to Leper Colony an Example of ‘White Supremacist Culture’

By Zachary Evans

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) singled out a statue of Father Damien, a Catholic priest who ministered to a Hawaiian leper colony, as an example of "white supremacist culture." Father Damien, born Jozef de Veuster in Belgium, arrived in Hawaii in 1864 when the islands were an independent ... Read More

Politics & Policy

AOC Calls Statue of Priest Who Ministered to Leper Colony an Example of ‘White Supremacist Culture’

By Zachary Evans

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) singled out a statue of Father Damien, a Catholic priest who ministered to a Hawaiian leper colony, as an example of "white supremacist culture." Father Damien, born Jozef de Veuster in Belgium, arrived in Hawaii in 1864 when the islands were an independent ... Read More

Video

Research: One Group Spread 65 Percent of All COVID-19 Cases across US

Thousands of travelers carried the coronavirus from New York around the United States in early March, triggering most of the new cases that erupted nationwide. Read More

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Research: One Group Spread 65 Percent of All COVID-19 Cases across US

Thousands of travelers carried the coronavirus from New York around the United States in early March, triggering most of the new cases that erupted nationwide. Read More

Politics & Policy

Sen. Murkowski Says Confirming Supreme Court Nominee in 2020 Would Be ‘Double Standard’

By Brittany Bernstein

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s recent health problems have revealed a rift among Senate Republicans over what to do if a Supreme Court seat becomes vacant before the end of President Trump’s first term. While Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) has indicated his intent to fill any Supreme Court ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Sen. Murkowski Says Confirming Supreme Court Nominee in 2020 Would Be ‘Double Standard’

By Brittany Bernstein

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s recent health problems have revealed a rift among Senate Republicans over what to do if a Supreme Court seat becomes vacant before the end of President Trump’s first term. While Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) has indicated his intent to fill any Supreme Court ... Read More

U.S.

How Olivia de Havilland and Ronald Reagan Beat the Hollywood Communists

By John Fund

When Olivia de Havilland, the grande dame of the Golden Age of Hollywood, died last week at age 104, the tributes and memories for a life well lived poured in. She was the last surviving cast member of the epic Gone with the Wind. She won two Academy Awards. She was romantically pursued by everyone from Jimmy ... Read More

U.S.

How Olivia de Havilland and Ronald Reagan Beat the Hollywood Communists

By John Fund

When Olivia de Havilland, the grande dame of the Golden Age of Hollywood, died last week at age 104, the tributes and memories for a life well lived poured in. She was the last surviving cast member of the epic Gone with the Wind. She won two Academy Awards. She was romantically pursued by everyone from Jimmy ... Read More

U.S.

The Portland Protests: My Second Night on the Ground

By Luther Ray Abel

The second night I covered the ongoing Portland protests (you can read about the first night here), I decided to arrive at the hour when I had departed the night before: about 30 minutes past midnight. The crowd was significantly larger now compared with its size 24 hours before but also more dispersed. After ... Read More

U.S.

The Portland Protests: My Second Night on the Ground

By Luther Ray Abel

The second night I covered the ongoing Portland protests (you can read about the first night here), I decided to arrive at the hour when I had departed the night before: about 30 minutes past midnight. The crowd was significantly larger now compared with its size 24 hours before but also more dispersed. After ... Read More

NR PLUS U.S.

The Policing Crisis in New York City

By Kyle Smith

On Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan, cops carried out a routine arrest of an 18-year-old New York activist who is suspected of disabling police cameras by spraying paint on them. The person is suspected of this for very good reason: There are videos starring the perpetrator carrying out the act in question. ... Read More

NR PLUS U.S.

The Policing Crisis in New York City

By Kyle Smith

On Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan, cops carried out a routine arrest of an 18-year-old New York activist who is suspected of disabling police cameras by spraying paint on them. The person is suspected of this for very good reason: There are videos starring the perpetrator carrying out the act in question. ... Read More

Culture

At the University of North Texas, the Mob Comes Calling for a Music Theorist

By Samantha Harris

Chances are you have never heard of the music theorist Heinrich Schenker or the Journal of Schenkerian Studies, a publication at the University of North Texas (UNT) devoted to “all facets of Schenkerian thought, including theory, analysis, pedagogy, and historical aspects.” But that journal, and, in ... Read More

Culture

At the University of North Texas, the Mob Comes Calling for a Music Theorist

By Samantha Harris

Chances are you have never heard of the music theorist Heinrich Schenker or the Journal of Schenkerian Studies, a publication at the University of North Texas (UNT) devoted to “all facets of Schenkerian thought, including theory, analysis, pedagogy, and historical aspects.” But that journal, and, in ... Read More

U.S.

The Chicago Gun Myth

By David Harsanyi

The tragically incompetent mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, appeared on CNN’s State of the Union this weekend to deflect attention from the horror show unfolding in her city by blaming interlopers for its spiking murder rate: “We are being inundated with guns from states that have virtually no gun control, ... Read More

U.S.

The Chicago Gun Myth

By David Harsanyi

The tragically incompetent mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, appeared on CNN’s State of the Union this weekend to deflect attention from the horror show unfolding in her city by blaming interlopers for its spiking murder rate: “We are being inundated with guns from states that have virtually no gun control, ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Ammon Bundy Comes Out in Support of BLM, Calls to Defund the Police

By Brittany Bernstein

Ammon Bundy, an anti-government activist who led the 41-day armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge back in 2016, expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement and for defunding the police in a recent Facebook video. He said in the video that he had considered attending, near his home ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Ammon Bundy Comes Out in Support of BLM, Calls to Defund the Police

By Brittany Bernstein

Ammon Bundy, an anti-government activist who led the 41-day armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge back in 2016, expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement and for defunding the police in a recent Facebook video. He said in the video that he had considered attending, near his home ... Read More

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