Category Archives: Fascism

Fearful historians. Combative lawyers. Everybody yelling at Democrats

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Naomi

Yesterday, I watched and listened to Paul Krugman having a penetrating conversation with a military historian, Phillips O’Brien, who teaches at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland). They were discussing us, i.e., America in the throes of today. It was … Continue reading →

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It’s not a “coup.” It’s a “putsch.”

Posted on February 16, 2025 by Naomi

What’s happening to our federal government, I mean. I’m identifying it as a putsch, more specifically a Putz* Putsch. It’s another thing I grasped from Babylon Berlin, which dramatically details the 1930 attempted overthrow of Hitler by the Nazi SA … Continue reading →

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Just finished “Babylon Berlin” and am sort of transfixed

Posted on February 15, 2025 by Naomi

I’m sure you’ve heard about the four-season German TV series streaming on MhZ (the service on which I’ve been watching it). And I’ve just, today, been delighted to learn there will be a fifth season. Which is good because the … Continue reading →

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