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THE BANALITY OF EVIL

That is what Hannah Arendt wrote about Adolph Eichmann after attending his trial for “Crimes Against Humanity” in Jerusalem. Eichmann…

4d ago

4d ago

Crossing the Rubicon: Still closer

The River known as the Rubicon has changed course over the centuries–is now closer to Rome than it was when Caesar crossed it. I mention…

Jun 26

Jun 26

What Next?

“If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be…

Jun 21

Jun 21

Crossing the Rubicon: Part 2

“There are now more soldiers and Marines in Los Angeles than in the war-torn countries of Iraq and Syria.”

Jun 13

Jun 13

THIS JUST IN

SENATOR PADILLA OF CALIFORNIA WAS HANDCUFFED, THROWN TO THE GROUND, AND FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM KRISTI NOEM’S PRESSER AT THE HOMELAND…

Jun 12

Jun 12

What’s Happening?

To start at the beginning, in which all of Trump’s hatreds are harnessed and become the deeply sick raison d’etre of Republicans…

Jun 6

Jun 6

The Fascist State, Continued

The Fascist State is an administrative state that has been seized and proclaimed by a Leader whose word has become Law, overturning all…

May 25

May 25

Trump, Hitler, Stalin

“Prior to the last war, only totalitarian or half-totalitarian dictatorships resorted to the weapon of denaturalization with regard to…

May 12

May 12

Fear in the Night

In Richard Condon’s classic novel (and then film), The Manchurian Candidate, the narrator remarks “A U.S. Senator is the most powerful…

Apr 29

Apr 29

The Blanket of Horror

As the descending blanket of horror tightens around us, I think of two well-known statements that sum up our very being at this moment.

Apr 18

Apr 18

Philip Green

Philip Green

Emeritus Professor of Gov’t, Smith College, 40 years Editorial Board, The Nation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Green_(author)

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