Author Archives: Max West

Mishra on the Age of Anger

In the leftwing newspaper The Guardian, Pankaj Mishra has a long screed against the forms of populism sweeping the globe (“Welcome to the age of anger”) Mishra does stumble across some accurate historical precedents – e.g., the role of Nietzsche, … Continue reading

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HRC on ‘Fake News’

On the hilariously sanctimonious CNN interview with Fareed Zakaria, The Organizer addressed the ‘divided states of America’ (which he, by the way, presided over and dramatically accelerated), by citing “structural problems with democracy” (e.g., so-called “fake news”)  that are causing … Continue reading

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Tumbleweeds

One month later…

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Pizzagate

A couple days ago, a guy walked into one of the ‘Pizzagate’ pizzerias with a rifle and fired off a few rounds. Then retired Gen. Mike Flynn (as well as his son) tweeted about Pizzagate, to the consternation of the … Continue reading

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Keeping Pressure on Trump

In the aftermath of DT’s victory, the party to worry about is not the Democratic Party (who will vote ‘No’ on anything and everything he tries) but the GOP party…. GOPE incarnate. Lest one think DT’s election victory will lead … Continue reading

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NBC News on Breitbart’s Expansion into Europe

Things are moving so fast. Here is NBC News reporting on Breitbart News’s plans to expand into Europe.

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The Democratic Party’s Identity Politics Quandary

Back in 2011, the so-called Obama Coalition (i.e, Sailer’s “Coalition of the Fringes” which essentially excludes cisgendered white males) managed to push The Organizer over the finish line toward a successful 2012 re-election. On the eve of the 2012 election, … Continue reading

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New Yorker: The Frankfurt School Knew Trump Was Coming!

Among the Leftist literati, the ‘Trump is Hitler’ meme has a thousand variations. In the hilariously titled “The Frankfurt School Knew Trump Was Coming”, Alex Ross writes: Adorno believed that the greatest danger to American democracy lay in the mass-culture … Continue reading

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Italy’s Referendum

CNN asks “Is Italy’s referendum result the first step towards leaving the EU?”: (CNN) – After a resounding loss at the polls for his constitutional reforms package on Sunday, Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has announced his intention to resign. … Continue reading

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NYT: “Timely” and “More Essential Than Ever”

In the NYT, there’s this book review: … which is itself part of the NYT’s larger mission:

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