American Federalist Journal
Saturday - August 19, 2017



Featured articles by Victor Davis Hanson



Silicon Valley Billionaires Are the New Robber Barons
2017-08-17

Is There Still a Conservative Foreign Policy?
2017-08-15

Is California Cracking Up?
2017-08-10

Why Does the Left Suddenly Hate Russia?
2017-08-08

The Problem of Competitive Victimhood
2017-08-03



Trump - And the Use and Abuse of Madness
2017-08-01

Trump's Circular Firing Squad
2017-07-27

The Korean Games of Thrones
2017-07-25

Putin's Playthings
2017-07-20

The Fifth American War
2017-07-18



West Can Neither Live with nor Take Out North Korean Nukes
2017-07-13

Trump's Anti-Cairo Speech
2017-07-11

The Fracking Industry Deserves Our Gratitude
2017-07-06

The Progressive Boomerang
2017-06-29

What Is the Alternative to Trump Derangement?
2017-06-27



Trump and His Generals
2017-06-22

The Architecture of Regime Change
2017-06-20

Can a Divided America Survive?
2017-06-15

The Endless Ironies of Donald J. Trump
2017-06-13

Mr. Nunes Went to Washington
2017-06-08



It's the Hypocrisy, Stupid
2017-06-06

The Old German Problem
2017-06-01

The Fusion Party
2017-05-30

Has Globalism Gone Off the Rails?
2017-05-25

Regime Change by Any Other Name?
2017-05-23



Severed Heads
2017-05-16

Can Trump Successfully Remodel the GOP?
2017-05-11

How to Blow an Election - in Five Easy Steps
2017-05-09

Potemkin Universities
2017-05-04

You Gotta Lie
2017-05-02



Will 2020 Be Another 1972 for Democrats?
2017-04-27

Nukes + Nuttiness = Neanderthal Deterrence
2017-04-25

Apocalyptic Progressivism
2017-04-20

Obama Is America's Version of Stanley Baldwin
2017-04-13

The Obama Administration's Zelig
2017-04-11



Ancient Laws, Modern Wars
2017-04-06

Journey to the Center of the Country
2017-04-04

Devin Nunes and Washington's Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery inside an Enigma
2017-03-31

The Yanks over There - 100 Years Ago
2017-03-30

The Russian Farce
2017-03-28



Law Takes a Holiday
2017-03-23

Monasteries of the Mind
2017-03-21

Deterrence and Human Nature
2017-03-16

The World on January 20, 2017
2017-03-14

Don't Sweat the Big Stuff
2017-03-09



The Ancient Laws of Unintended Consequences
2017-03-07

Talk Radio, Cable News, the Mainstream Media, and the News Revolution
2017-03-04

Is the American Elite Really Elite?
2017-03-02

The Labyrinth of Illegal Immigration
2017-02-23

The Three-Headed Hydra of the Middle East
2017-02-16



California Goes Confederate
2017-02-09

When Normalcy Is Revolution
2017-02-02

The Democrat Patient
2017-01-31

The World Turned Upside-Down
2017-01-26

Prosperity Is Destiny
2017-01-24



It's No Revelation That Intelligence Agencies Are Politicized
2017-01-19

Putin, Obama - and Trump
2017-01-17

Hate-Crime Legislation Is a Good Idea That Went Bad
2017-01-12

What Exactly Is Trumpism?
2017-01-10

Why the Anti-Israel Sentiment?
2017-01-05



It's Still a Mad, Mad California
2017-01-03

The Resilience of Israel
2016-12-29

The Ancient Foreign Policy
2016-12-27

The Trump Nail in the Media Coffin
2016-12-22

The Animal Cunning and Instinct of Donald Trump
2016-12-20



Has Trump Nominated Too Many Military Leaders-Or Not Enough?
2016-12-15

Assessing the Obama Legacy-Against His Own Mileposts
2016-12-08

The Twin Pillars of Progressive Prejudice
2016-12-06

'Clever Fox' Mattis
2016-12-03

Beware the Law of Unintended Consequences
2016-12-01



A Party of Teeth-Gnashers
2016-11-29

Enemies of Language
2016-11-24

Who Are Wise, Who Not?
2016-11-22

Trump's Bizarre Winning Formula
2016-11-17

Carpe Diem, Mr. Trump
2016-11-15



A Blow to the Non-Elite Elite
2016-11-10

The Election Fables of 2016
2016-11-08

Has Clinton Topped Nixon?
2016-11-03

The Clintons - At the End of All Things
2016-11-01

The Election Year Features More Than One Presidential Race
2016-10-20



Our Neutron Bomb Election
2016-10-18

Medieval America
2016-10-13

The Tenth Life of Donald Trump
2016-10-11

From Greek Tragedy to American Therapy
2016-10-06

Is Trump Admiral Bull Halsey or Captain Queeg?
2016-10-04



The Next President Unbound
2016-09-29

A Hard Rain Is Going to Fall
2016-09-22

The Legacies of Barack Obama
2016-09-15

Is Deference Really Safer than Deterrence?
2016-09-13

Trump Up, Hillary Down, Obama Out
2016-09-08



The Virtue-Mongers
2016-09-06

The More Things Change, the More They Actually Don't
2016-09-01

Diversity: History's Pathway to Chaos
2016-08-25

The Nine Lives of Donald J. Trump
2016-08-23

Where's the Letter from Democratic Security Officials Opposing Hillary?
2016-08-18



The Great Regression
2016-08-16

Hillary's Neoliberals
2016-08-11

Donald Trump, Postmodern Candidate
2016-08-04

A Convention of the Absurd
2016-08-02

Douglas MacArthur's Brilliant, Controversial Legacy
2016-07-30



When a War Went Worldwide 75 Years Ago
2016-07-28

Trump and the Politics of Moral Outrage
2016-07-26

The Dream of Muslim Outreach Has Become a Nightmare
2016-07-21

Ten Reasons Why Trump Could Win
2016-07-19

Fundamentally Transformed
2016-07-12



Will California Ever Thrive Again?
2016-07-07

Washington's Hollow Men
2016-07-05

Anti-Brexit Elites Aren't the Ones Who Suffer from Their Policies
2016-06-30

A Long Trump Summer
2016-06-28

Ideologues Make for Dangerous Politicians
2016-06-23



The Trump Nuclear Bomb
2016-06-21

Politics, Not Personalities, Will Likely Determine the Presidential Election
2016-06-16

Lack of American Commitment Makes This a Dangerous Time
2016-05-19

The Pajama Boy White House
2016-05-17

Our Elites Can Afford to Support Looser Immigration Policies
2016-05-12



Clinton? Or Trump? It Depends on Whether You Like Your Obtuseness Cooked or Raw
2016-05-09

Donald Trump, Postmodern Nihilist
2016-05-03

Setting the Record Straight on Britain, America, and World War II
2016-04-28

Trump and the First Stone
2016-04-26

The Horrors of Hiroshima in Context
2016-04-21



Diversity as Chaos
2016-04-19

Is NATO Worth Preserving?
2016-04-14

The Reality-Denying Politicization of the English Language
2016-04-07

How America Lost Its Groove
2016-04-05

Why Westerners Make Inviting Targets for Terrorists
2016-03-31



The Art of National Suicide
2016-03-29

The Hypocrisy behind the Student-Renaming Craze
2016-03-24

When Will Obama Stop Blaming Republicans for His Failures?
2016-03-17

Trump: A Bogeyman or Just a Man?
2016-03-15

Can Our Colleges Be Saved?
2016-03-10



A Party at the Abyss
2016-03-08

Log-Cabin Candidates
2016-03-03

Of Time and Trump
2016-03-01

The Costs of Abandoning Messy Wars
2016-02-25

An Iraq of Myth and Fantasy
2016-02-23



The Return of Appeasement, Collaboration, and Isolationism
2016-02-18

Venezuela on the Potomac
2016-02-16

In Search of Fixes for a Fossilized Economy
2016-02-11

America's Balkan Values
2016-02-09

Forget Trump but Not the Trumpsters
2016-02-02



The Obama Administration Needs to Abandon Its Petraeus Obsession
2016-01-28

Segregationist Nihilism
2016-01-26

The Many Contradictions of Hillary Clinton
2016-01-21

Look for America's Enemies to Take Advantage of Obama's Last Year
2016-01-07

Hating the West, Inc.
2016-01-05



California, Leading from Behind
2015-12-31

This Christmas, We Must Revive the Virtue of Gratitude
2015-12-24

Of Cannibals and Kings
2015-12-22

PC Suppression of Public Concerns Fuels the Trump Phenomenon
2015-12-10

Why Do They Want to Come Here?
2015-12-08



Turkey's Alliance with the West Is Crumbling under Islamic Militancy
2015-12-03

Yesterday's Giants, Today's Dwarves
2015-12-01

Progressive Faculty and Administrators Deserve All of the Blame for the Recent Unrest on Campus
2015-11-26

Obama Has Just Begun
2015-11-24

Did O'Reilly Finally Go Too Far?
2015-11-19



The University Gone Feral
2015-11-17

Waging The War on "Terror," Vichy-style
2015-11-14

Disregard for the Truth Advances the Left's Agenda
2015-11-12

The Privileged vs. the White Working Class
2015-11-10

Is the West Slip, Slip, Slipping Away?
2015-10-27



Can California Be Saved?
2015-10-22

Moral Equivalence in the Middle East
2015-10-20

Are Sanctuary Cities the New Confederates?
2015-10-15

Why the Iran Deal Ensures War
2015-10-06

Pope Francis's Hypocritical Politicking
2015-10-01



Obama's Hope-and-Change Foreign Policy
2015-09-29

The Three Crucial Factors to Maintaining the Peace in Europe
2015-09-24

Hillary Clinton's Empire of Dirt
2015-09-22

Why Do Migrants Always Flock to the West?
2015-09-17

Is Obamism Correctable?
2015-09-15



America's Descent into Lawlessness
2015-09-10

Is the West Dead Yet?
2015-09-08

Hillary's Campaign Has Already Begun to Derail
2015-09-03

What Makes Donald Run?
2015-09-01

What Does the Modern Malleability of Gender and Race Mean for the Future of Affirmative Action?
2015-08-27



The Democrats: Too Old and Too White?
2015-08-25

As the EPA and IRS Have Shown, with Big Government Comes Little Accountability
2015-08-20

Obama: Earning Contempt, at Home and Abroad
2015-08-18

How Long Will Trump's Cathartic Candidacy for Fed-Up Conservatives Last?
2015-08-13

History's Complexity Should Discourage Liberals' Cheap Retroactive Morality
2015-08-06



Israeli Preemptive Action, Western Reaction
2015-08-04

What True Immigration 'Reform' Would Look Like
2015-07-30

The Obama Administration's Chicago Politics
2015-07-28

Brian Williams's Truth Problem, and Ours
2015-02-12

The Midterms' Immigration Lesson
2014-11-14