Timothy Snyder wrote an excellent essay about the "new conservatism," in which he compared a more principled traditional form of it (think moderate Republicans of the Old School) to the modern iteration à la Trump. He noted a strange contradiction which has puzzled me as well. The old conservatives were nationalists, rather than internationalists. The new … [Read more...]
Trump Intermediary Offered to Send Russian Government Dirt on Hillary Directly to Donald Trump
Donald Trump Jr. just did an e mail dump in hopes that he it would enable him to get out in front of the downhill snowball he unleashed when he met with a Russian lawyer who offered him dirt on Hillary Clinton. But one e-mail in particular may damn him. If it's not the smoking gun, then it's the first whiff of smoke. And you know what they say about … [Read more...]
Trump in Warsaw Fighting Off the Mohammedan Hordes
Donald Trump's speech before the brutalist-style Warsaw Uprising (1944) memorial (take a look at the dark, gargantuan Nazi overshadowing Trump in the accompanying picture--this is an irony the planners of the speech seemed not to account for) in the run-up to the G-20 meeting this week, was a horror show. Commentators have compared it to his "American … [Read more...]
Maajid Nawaz Called “Anti-Muslim Extremist” and He’s Suing!
NOTE: Middle East Eye just published my latest piece, The Syrian war's worst kept secret that could become Israel's nightmare. It's an expanded and substantially-updated piece based on a post I wrote here recently. Give it a read and a share! Over the past few days the alt-right media wind tunnel blew lots of hot air reporting that "Muslim reformer" … [Read more...]