Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words

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Victor Davis Hanson: A US Ground War With Iran Would Be Costly and Likely Unnecessary Mar 10, 2026

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Many Americans are wary of U.S. boots on the ground in the Middle East after the Afghanistan and Iraq wars that became "endless."

President Trump’s comment about possible “boots on the ground” is likely just “Art of the Deal” rhetoric, explains Victor Davis Hanson in today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”

“I think his point was that you’re never going to tell the enemy what you’re going to do.”

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Victor Davis Hanson: $64,000 Question In US-Iran War Mar 07, 2026

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America Lost Its Maritime Power and China Filled the Void | Chris O’Dea Mar 06, 2026

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China has created “the operating system for the globalized economy,” putting other countries at its mercy.

Chris O’Dea, an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute, explains how China has built strategic influence through commercial shipping networks, ports, and infrastructure, potentially giving it a significant geopolitical boost over both the U.S. and the entire global economy.

“China really has embargo power, and not just to one country or one product line, but they have the ability to say OK to an entire shipping line… They have to play ball with China because they need to get to China and Chinese ports.”

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Pennsylvania’s Policy Battles: Energy Independence, School Choice, and America 250 | Andrew Lewis Mar 05, 2026

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Pennsylvania is “tied to the American story.” It’s the state that gave power to both the first and second industrial revolutions, saved the union at Gettysburg, and hosted the Constitutional convention.

In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” guest host Jack Fowler speaks with Andrew Lewis, Iraq war veteran and president of the Commonwealth Foundation, about why Pennsylvania matters nationally and how state-based think tanks turn free-market ideas into laws.

Lewis highlights Pennsylvania’s historic role, its position atop the Marcellus and Utica Shale, and the opportunities from being a major electricity exporter, while warning that renewable mandates can threaten grid reliability and affordability, citing New York’s higher costs and Spain’s blackout.

He critiques Governor Josh Shapiro’s “Lightning” plan to raise renewable requirements and discusses Commonwealth’s policy focus areas, including energy, taxes and spending, regulatory reform, and union reform.

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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Must Surgically ‘Decapitiate’ Iran’s Warfighting Capabilities Mar 03, 2026

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In the early hours of Saturday, Feb. 28, the United States, at the direction of President Donald Trump, and in close coordination with Israeli allies, initiated Operation Epic Fury against the Iranian regime. Within 24 hours, more than 1,000 sites were hit and the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was dead following an Israeli strike in Tehran, the capital.

The question remains: What’s next?

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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Democrat ‘Lose, Lose’ SOTU Strategy Feb 28, 2026

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Donald Trump’s first State of the Union speech of his second term was long as it was a ‘good slice of Americana,’ argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” with Sami Winc.

The images of Democrats sinking into their chairs as Trump praised the USA Men’s Hockey Team and memorialized the horrific murder to Iryna Zarutska further showed the nation that the party of FDR and Clinton is now occupied by such “a sad group of people” with contorted faces.

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What Happens When You Tell Therapists That Whiteness Is a Disease? | Dr. Andrew Hartz Feb 27, 2026

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Is your white privilege giving you anxiety? Obviously, no. But for America’s mental health professionals, the answer is increasingly becoming “yes.”

“Activist therapists,” Andrew Hartz, Ph.D., founder, president, and executive director of the Open Therapy Institute, are products of a culture that puts race at the center of nearly therapy sessions, and liken whiteness to a "parasitic condition.”Dr. Hartz joins today’s “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” (alas, no Victor) to discuss the sharp politicization of clinical psychology training and the implications it’s having on the wellbeing of everyday Americans.

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When Schooling Became Utilitarian: The Quiet Shift That Changed Everything | Andrew Zwerneman Feb 26, 2026

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Education is “inherently a historical project” because it’s the generational passing down of culture.

This “transmission of culture,” or classical liberal education, has been eroded over the past century, however, explains Andrew Zwerneman, president of Cana Academy, when he joined Jack Fowler on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”

“The first major assault came with the progressivist movement which increasingly divorced education from religion and increasingly made education a matter of utility. So students weren’t learning what they had inherited. They were learning for the immediate problem before them.”

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Victor Davis Hanson: Mike Huckabee Is Right. Christians Better off in Israel Than Qatar Feb 24, 2026

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Where did Jesse Jackson fall along the radical racial spectrum, and what did he not do that Obama did, are some of the questions Victor Davis Hanson answers on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”

Victor and Jack also delve into Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Amb. Mike Huckabee and also unpack the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs.

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Victor Davis Hanson: AOC Makes Kamala Harris Sound Like Socrates, Cicero Feb 21, 2026

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