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The Sovietization of American Life
The Sovietization of American Life: Behind all our disasters there looms an ideology, a creed that ignores cause and effect in the real worldwithout a shred of concern for the damage done to those outside the nomenklatura.
Victor Davis Hanson | June 6, 2022
Our Spanish Civil War?
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, were reminded that the veneer of civilization is very thin.
Victor Davis Hanson | Apr. 26, 2022
Trickle-Down Racist Antiracism
Trickle-Down Racist Antiracism: This reactionary and neo-Confederate return to racial stigmatization and hatred is not going to end well.
Victor Davis Hanson | Apr. 18, 2022
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