Author Archives: Max West

Europe: Far-Right Parties Winning Over Some Jewish Voters

Amidst regular harassment and attacks by Muslims living in France, increasing numbers of French s Jews are emigrating to the last safe spot for unadulterated Jewish ethnocentrism: Israel. But might other Jews in France finally see the rationality of choosing, … Continue reading

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Trump’s Terrifying Online Brigades

Historian Tom Holland compares Trump to Caligula. You can’t make this stuff up. Articles like this are just too common now to warrant commenting on. Here’s just one more. In Commentary, the Tribe (as channeled through James Kirchick) is fretting … Continue reading

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KMAC: Jewish Fear & Loathing of Donald Trump: Neocon Angst About A Fascist America

In the latest of his ongoing series on Jewish angst about Trump as President, Kevin MacDonald first looks at the red herring arguments: This sort of anger is hardly likely to come from Trump’s supposed lack of concern about “limited government,” … Continue reading

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Haim & Hillary

Mondoweiss notes the profound Israeli influence upon the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee: [T]he latest news on Hillary Clinton’s super PAC underlines the view that she’s corrupted on foreign policy: her biggest supporter is Haim Saban, the toymaker who has said, “I’m … Continue reading

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Dalai Lama: Germany Can’t Become an Arab Country

The Dalai Lama is a racist xenophobe. Who knew! BERLIN – The Dalai Lama said in an interview published Thursday that Europe has accepted “too many” refugees, and that they should eventually return to help rebuild their home countries. “When we … Continue reading

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Bernard Lewis at 100

To mark the occasion of his 100th birthday, NR has a multi-author homage to Bernard Lewis, the great Princeton scholar of Islam. Victor Davis Hanson, one of the contributors, distills the essence of Lewis’ scholarly lens: From the 1990s onward, … Continue reading

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The War on ‘Hate Speech’

Chilling developments in Europe. Make no mistake: This isn’t designed to target ISIS affiliated groups; it is designed to target the rising nationalist sentiments across Europe: BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union reached an agreement Tuesday with some of the … Continue reading

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Memorial Day

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The Empty Brain

Robert Epstein has a nice essay in Aeon critical of the reductive materialism that dominates current consciousness research (“The Empty Brain”). First and foremost, Epstein rightly critiques the dominant contemporary metaphor of the brain as being like a computer: The … Continue reading

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NYT: Trump is a Fascist – Pt. 3,188

As we get closer to November and the reality of a Trump presidency remains a viable possibility, the NYT will become increasingly unhinged in its coverage. Today, we have two not-unrelated stories, one atop the other: From the article titled … Continue reading

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