Author Archives: Max West

2016: GOP Lessons

“What Will Republicans Learn from 2016?” ask NR’s Jim Geraghty: If Trump wins the nomination, what lasting ideological impact will his success have on the GOP? Trump’s campaign represents nothing less than an attempt to completely redefine the Republican coalition … Continue reading

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What Border Problem? – Pt. 2,191,273

From Judicial Watch: Mexican drug traffickers help Islamic terrorists stationed in Mexico cross into the United States to explore targets for future attacks, according to information forwarded to Judicial Watch by a high-ranking Homeland Security official in a border state. … Continue reading

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The “Strange Viral Appeal” of NeoRx

Wow, things appear to moving fast. I never expected, not for another 15 to 20 years, a NYT columnist to devote an entire column, in this election cycle no less, on the Neoreactionaries (a subset of the Alt-Right). In his … Continue reading

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Nationalism Rising; The Oganizer Getting Worried

The Alt-Right has made electoral history in Austria: Norbert Hofer, the candidate for Austria’s right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ), won 36.4 per cent of the vote, and will face an independent candidate in the final vote next month. It was the … Continue reading

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Canadian Tourist Beheaded

The Philippines is a majority Roman Catholic nation, but that doesn’t stop the Muslim majority from waging jihad to change things around. Today, the Religion of Peace chapter in Philippines beheaded 68-year old Canadian tourist John Ridsdel, a story which … Continue reading

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NYT: Obamacare’s Impact

And, at the end of the day, isn’t that all that matters?

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RIP: Prince

I always thought his first couple of albums were his best. Songs like “When You Were Mine” and “I Wanna Be Your Lover”. Simple rock based with an early ’80s Minneapolis twist. At the age of 18, he played every … Continue reading

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Blood Father (2016)

Through films like The Passion, Apocalypto, and Get the Gringo, Mel Gibson has been ahead of the curve in capturing the zeitgeist of sublimated white identity. It’s nice to see him finally dealing with his aging. He looks weathered and … Continue reading

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Effective Agitprop

A clever, and fitting, Trump graphic, from his Twitter site:

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Trumpism vs. Clintonism

In Vanity Fair, T.A. Frank writes on “Why Democrats Are Becoming the Party of the 1 Percent”: Will rich people suffer if [Donald Trump] is elected president? Well, yes. Yes, they will. Because we all will. But that’s a pat … Continue reading

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