Category Archives: Fascism

You must read this article on Donald Trump

Two days ago, on March 16, Susan Glasser wrote, and the New Yorker published, a piece about Donald Trump. Almost never do I insist that you read something. I’m insisting. Why? Because Susan Glasser, with uncharacteristic emotion, described Tump’s “rally” … Continue reading

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Damn, why would Tucker Carlson want to be a modern-day Lord Haw-Haw?

There are some disadvantages: Lord Haw-Haw, whose name was William Joyce, broadcast Nazi propaganda to the UK and US from Germany during World War II. The MAGA bunch keeps pushing Lords Haw-Haw in our faces. Today it’s Tucker Carlson (Drat. I … Continue reading

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“The Letters Project: A Daughter’s Journey.” A story about what happened

A few years ago, Eleanor Reissa told me about a book she was planning to write. A book called The Letters Project, prompted after her mother died, when Eleanor did what we all do when a parent dies: we pour … Continue reading

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