Victor Davis Hanson: Don’t Believe the WWII Revisionist Noise. The US Did Not Provoke Japan As Americans commemorated the 84th anniversary of the deadly Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, which brought the United States into the deadliest conflict in human history, one thing should remain clear: The United States did NOT provoke Japan. “The Japanese military was the most vicious and the most lethal force, in some sense, in World War II,” Victor Davis Hanson argued on yesterday’s edition o

Victor Davis Hanson: WWII Revisionists Went Too Far With 'We Should’ve Sided With Hitler' Claim Should America have sided with Hitler in World War II? Some modern revisionists think so. Recently, a Cornell professor claimed the U.S. was on the “wrong side” of history by allying with the Soviet Union instead of Germany. In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson dismantles three major claims behind this revisionist argument—debunking myths about Soviet treatment of America

Victor Davis Hanson: Will Democrats Admit Where They Went Wrong in 2024? Likely Not. After the 2024 defeat, Democrats began their "autopsy." But how honest can it really be when they still won’t admit why Biden was ever nominated in the first place? They hid his cognitive decline, used him as a placeholder for the radical wing of the party, and then dumped him when he became a liability and replaced him with Kamala Harris. The truth is, voters rejected the Democrat agenda. They rejected the cond

Victor Davis Hanson: Stop 'Contextualizing' Killers. Hold Them Accountable. When violence transpires as a result of left-wing policies and rhetoric, the Left—with the help of corporate media—is quick to rationalize the motive of the killers and paint them as "troubled." But is the same sympathy extended to the victims? Their response to recent tragedies—like the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska and the victims of the Nashville transgender shooter—suggests otherwise. What are we to do?