When Nice People Embrace Evil Politics
How do we preserve our humanity while winning a battle against an inhumane system?
Category: Republican Party
Our Hitler, Our Nazis
Liberal democracies are facing an existential threat from a new generation of authoritarians borrowing old, discredited ideas. But is it accurate to characterize that threat as “fascist,” and if so, why does it matter?
Ordinary Nazis
If we can’t recognize the complexity of ordinary people, the capacity of indifference to spawn horror, then we won’t be prepared to halt its rise.
When Republicans Were Honest About Trump
To quote Bart Simpson, they folded faster than Superman on laundry day.
Apocalypse Now: Why Republicans Are Destroying the World
Say what you will about the Heaven’s Gate cult members, but at least they were only interested in their own suicide. The evangelical death cult in its modern form is serving up their poison for everyone.
Why is the Right So Dumb?
Conservatives across the globe have embraced the logic of the suicide bomber. They will destroy a nascent new order even if they must burn down their own home, and yours.
The Future We Lost
We lost our chance to build the future. Those opportunities don’t come along every day, and we may not see another.
Little Marco Finds Someone His Own Size
Rubio is writing his own indictment, tweet by tweet, acknowledging the imperative to challenge a Kleptocrat while propping up his own Kleptocrat.
Remembering Conservatism
We needed another Russell Kirk for the Age of Globalization. What we got instead was a series of amateur entertainers performing cartoon antics on their YouTube Channel to “own the libs.” We got the class and character of conservative leadership that the market was prepared to reward.
Blood in the Water
Now that the world has seen how feeble and vulnerable Trump is, the sharks are coming.