Editor’s note: Thursday afternoon, Jack Fowler, co-host of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” received a note from Hanson that the iconic historian wanted him to share with the public. As Fowler said, if you’re looking for the “official word” on Hanson’s health and status, “this is it.”

I want to thank all the wonderful people who have sent me wishes of rapid recovery and prayers in so many manifestations. I cannot thank you enough, given it gave me hope and encouragement these past two weeks as I read and reread your notes, cards, and postings.

I was operated on 12/30 to remove a large “mucinous adenoma carcinoma” and also right lower lobe by the thoracic surgery team at Stanford Medical.

I had previously and mysteriously been unable to recover fully from a March 2025 flu and a........

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