Category Archives: Alt-Right

Weekly Standard on the Alt-Right

Should Trump’s momentum continue through November, we will be seeing more MSM and Conservatism, Inc pieces looking into this new-fangled ‘Alt-Right’ phenomenon. In a piece titled “What, Exactly, is the ‘Alternative Right?’“, Ben Welton writes: Indeed, the true conflict facing … Continue reading

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Spencer on Rand Paul’s Exit

Richard Spencer discusses “Rand Paul’s political evolution and how libertarianism has acted as a mask on White identity.” From a couple of good commenters: Water is good, but without a container, it spills all over. If you want to have … Continue reading

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Glenn Beck’s Kool-Aid Cult

In RadixJournal, Greg Hood has an excellent piece on the odd demise of Glenn Beck in the wake of the Alt-Right’s rising (“The Kool-Aid Cult“). Of the ‘Constitutional conservatism’ that Beck/Cruz represents: [Beck’s] entire career has been to create a … Continue reading

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Alt-Right Roundup

It’s been a helluva week for the Alt-Right. Rush cryptically acknowledged the Alt-Right when he announced nationalism/populism has overtaken (traditional, limited government) conservatism in the GOP base. He even took a call from a self-described “Alt-Right” listener. Then GOP, Inc … Continue reading

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Enoch Powell Was Right: Trump Edition

In the NYT, one Sarfraz Manzoor has a piece (I can never tell if these things are ‘news’ pieces or opinion pieces) titled “Donald Trump and the ‘Rivers of Blood’”, comparing Trump to the great Enoch Powell: When Mr. Trump … Continue reading

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It’s Pat!

“Is the Spectre of Trump (And Sam Francis) Haunting Davos?” asks Pat Buchanan in his recent column: The lights are burning late in Davos tonight. At the World Economic Forum, keynoter Joe Biden warned global elites that the unraveling of … Continue reading

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What Is the #AltRight?

Over at Radix Journal, Alfred Clark has a good piece titled “What Is the #AltRight?“: The term “alt-right” was first coined by Richard Spencer, as an intellectual alternative to the dry “Conservatism, Inc.” that then passed for right-wing thought.  Since then, … Continue reading

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Trump, Sam Francis, and Rush

Michael Brendan Dougherty has a very good piece titled “How an obscure adviser to Pat Buchanan predicted the wild Trump campaign in 1996” (hat tip: AmRen). That ‘obsure advisor’ was the late great Samuel T. Francis, a giant figure in … Continue reading

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Buzzfeed on Alt-Right Movement

Buzzfeed has a piece titled “How 2015 Fueled The Rise Of The Freewheeling, White Nationalist Alt Right Movement“, written by Rosie Gray (ahem). The piece is, of course, critical and alarmist, complete with quotes from the ADL, etc. Nonetheless, any … Continue reading

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At NYT, Panic is Widening

I had the chance to listen to the first 30 min of Rush today. His theme was on the Trump phenomenon and how the GOP has effectively lost its moral authority. “The MSM can’t find any Trump supporters who are … Continue reading

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