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Now, let's get into the show.

Hello, ladies, hello gentlemen.

This is the Victor Davis Hansen show.

I'm Jack Fowler, the host, the star and namesake.

That is Victor Davis Hansen.

He is the Martin and Ely Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. and he's the Wayne and Marsha Busk Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College.

Victor is everything syndicated columnist, essayist, bestselling author, military historian,

classicist, farmer.

He's got a website, Victorhansson.com.

You should subscribe and I'll tell you why later on.

So much to talk about today.

We're recording on Saturday the 9th.

Do you know whose birthday it is today, by the way, Victor?

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