The 2025 Russell Kirk Lecture Featuring Victor Davis Hanson

The 2025 Russell Kirk Lecture Featuring Victor Davis Hanson

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson why borders matter both ancient and modern.

Historian Victor Davis Hanson Lays Out Ancient Lessons on Borders: ‘Walls Do Really Work’

Military historian and classicist Victor Davis Hanson, speaking Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation, drew striking parallels between the empires of the past and the modern United States. Hanson, a Daily Signal contributor, contended that, contrary to the assertions of the Left, “walls do work,” and that the United States is in need of cultural cohesion and consolidation. “When we look at borders in antiquity, walls do really work, in the sense …