Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson is a senior contributor for The Daily Signal, hosting a podcast and producing video commentaries four times per week, and writing a weekly column.

He is the Martin and Illie Anderson senior fellow in residence in classics and military history at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno, and the Wayne and Marcia Buske distinguished fellow in history at Hillsdale College.

A fifth-generation Californian farmer, Hanson worked as an orchard and vineyard grower before joining California State University, Fresno, in 1984, where he helped establish a classical languages program. He has held numerous academic fellowships and visiting professorships, including at Stanford University, the U.S. Naval Academy, the University of California, Berkeley, and Pepperdine University.

Hanson’s honors include the National Humanities Medal, the Bradley Prize, the William F. Buckley Prize, the Edmund Burke Award, and multiple awards for scholarship, teaching, and journalism. He has also served on presidential commissions and foundation boards, including the 1776 Commission and the American Battle Monuments Commission.

He is the author or editor of more than 25 books and hundreds of articles on classical antiquity, military history, culture, and contemporary politics. His recent books include “The End of Everything,” “The Dying Citizen,” and “The Case for Trump,” all bestsellers. His forthcoming book, “The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement,” will be published in September 2026.