When VDH’s Steady Voice Nearly Went Silent

For decades, a clock ticks without notice, then it stops for a moment that freezes the family listening in the living room, followed by silence. Not because the clock lacked value, but because its presence mattered more than anybody realized.

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A Medical Emergency Few Expected

It goes without saying, at least in these circles, that Victor Davis Hanson is one of the most respected conservative historians and commentators in the country. Hanson revealed he suffered a serious complication after surgery for lung cancer.

Hanson said that while his initial surgery went well, an “arterial bleed of unknown origins developed” while he was in the recovery room, which required an additional surgery. He considered himself “very lucky” that his medical