It’s true that Trump is an idiot who lacks all understanding of nuance, but it’s also true that in confronting him, many people also forego any understanding of nuance… Trump’s last press conference about Charlottesville was indeed disastrous, however, cliched as it may be, even a broken clock is right once in a while (twice a day to be precise…) Now…Trump is probably not wrong when he claims...
Fascist Rivalries
All fascists are the same, even though they speak against each other and war against each other. They do so not because they are mortal enemies but because they are rivals for power. That’s all. Essentially, they are identical – though one sells a Reich, another a Zion, another yet, a military regime, and another yet, a flag that proclaims itself Islamic. They are all the same. The...
Cycles of Terror
I’ve said before that “If you want to find the truth, assume that everybody is lying, but if you want to solve a problem, assume that everybody is telling the truth.” Today, I find this relevant. We have what appears to be a recurring pattern. A terrorist attack takes place, whether it’s on the WTC in New York, or (with much lesser casualties) at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, and the...
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