Victor Davis Hanson – California Globe

American Consumers ‘Upbeat’ Spending; Californians Not So Optimistic

October 6, 2026 11:00 amOctober 6, 2026 2:14 pm

Last week we reported “It’s The Economy, Stupid’ – And It’s Robust,” explaining that Retail sales were higher than expected in August despite higher prices on gasoline and other goods; The Trump economy has delivered record low child and Hispanic...

‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’ – and it’s Robust

September 29, 2026 8:04 amSeptember 30, 2026 7:37 am

“It’s the economy, stupid!” was the pivotal message in the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign, by James Carville, Bill Clinton’s political advisor. Because it always comes down to the current economic trend that determines whether voters are satisfied with an administration,...

California’s Electoral Sewer

June 23, 2026 6:00 amJune 23, 2026 6:01 am

On the night of June 3rd, Spencer Pratt was running a solid second in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, comfortably ahead of socialist councilwoman Nithya Raman and headed for a November runoff against incumbent mayor Karen Bass. Raman herself apparently...

California DEI Education Continues Despite Presidential Executive Order to End It

January 6, 2026 2:25 pmJanuary 6, 2026 9:09 pm

On January 20, 2025, newly inaugurated President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14151, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, which Trump said “demonstrated immense public waste and shameful discrimination.” Trump ordered the coordination for the termination of...

UPDATED: How to Kill a State in 5 Easy Steps – Gavin Newsom’s California

August 13, 2025 7:36 amAugust 13, 2025 7:38 am

California is one of only five states that haven’t recovered to pre-COVID job levels, and even our partial recovery is entirely dependent on government jobs. The California Center for Jobs & the Economy recently reported: “California’s job growth has been...

Can a Divided Country, or a Neighborhood Divided Reconcile?

May 26, 2025 2:55 amMay 28, 2025 4:01 pm

The signs of political, personal and emotional distress are all around us. Acrid bumper stickers on Subarus and Priuses, yard signs declaring “Good People Don’t Support Nazis,” are still prominently posted in neighbor’s yards. #Resist is alive in my downtown...

Is Governor Gavin Newsom ‘Newsom-Proofing’ California for the Next Republican Governor?

March 24, 2025 2:55 amMarch 24, 2025 2:56 am

California started the year $76 Billion in debt, Victor Davis Hanson reports. That’s $76,000,000,000 BILLION – 9 zeros. California is one of only five states that haven’t recovered to pre-COVID job levels, and even our partial recovery is entirely dependent...