Ron Radosh
Historian, Columnist for The Daily Beast Adjunct Fellow at the Hudson Institute
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Bernie Sanders’s Anti-Semitic Surrogate
National Review 16h 1 tweets
The Vermont senator’s embrace of Linda Sarsour shows that the Left’s problem with Jew-haters isn’t going away.
Ron Radosh In NR, Jonathan S. Tobin reveals how Bernie Sanders is going the Corbyn route. Decent leftists must disown him, or become his accomplice if they don't. 16h
Trump Is Not Well
The Atlantic 8d 29 tweets
Accepting the reality about the president’s disordered personality is important—even essential.
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Ron Radosh Peter Wehner explains why Trump must not have a second term, and advises us to take Trump's mental health seriously 36h
When Picasso and Orwell Went After Tyrants and Risked It All
The Daily Beast 4d 1 tweets
The two geniuses exposed the real face of totalitarianism. Both did so by producing masterpieces — and paid a price. We need to be reminded why.
Ron Radosh In The daily Beast, Clive Irving has an important column about how both Picasso and Orwell fought totalitarianism of the left and right 4d
American Renewal: The Real Conflict Is Not Racial Or Sexual, It’s Between The Ascendant Rich Elites And The Rest Of Us
Dailycaller.com 4d 2 tweets
As upward mobility shrinks, a new generation, persuaded by leftist ideas, embrace socialist programs of huge redistribution, central economy and racial redress
Ron Radosh In the Daily Caller, Joel Kotkin has a brilliant and most important analysis of the true nature of the crisis our country is in. Must reading 4d
With Bolton Gone, Will Trump Make a Deal with Iran?
Algemeiner.com 5d 1 tweets
US National Security Adviser John Bolton listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House …
Ron Radosh Let's hope that the 2nd option Jonathan S. Tobin concludes his column with, isn't the one that Trump takes 5d
Why Parkland Happened
National Review 7d 4 tweets
A new book explains the failures of Broward County officials.
Ron Radosh Liberal social policy, it seems, played a large role in not stopping the Parkland shooter, whose acts could have been stopped 6d
Rutgers Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Paul Robeson | The American Spectator | Politics Is Too Important To Be Taken Seriously.
The American Spectator 13d 1 tweets
Rutgers University is celebrating the 100th anniversary of one of its most accomplished alumni: Paul Robeson. Robeson was an All-American football player. He was a renowned singer, hailed for his classic rendition of “Ol’ Man River.” He was an...
Ron Radosh At the American Spectator, historian Paul Kengor spreads the word about Paul Robeson and my long essay about him. The truth always comes out, despite attempts to hide it 13d
If charged with racism, you must be guilty: That’s the left’s new rule
New York Post 18d 5 tweets
If you are accused of racism, it is because you are a racist. Case closed. Apologize at once and cease being so hateful. That is the current standard in woke academic thinking on race relations. Sa…
Ron Radosh In the NY Post, Abe Greenwald destroys a recent nutty op-ed in the Wash Post that was despicable 18d
Thoughts on the Impending Prosecution of Andrew McCabe
Lawfare 21d 11 tweets
The only factor militating toward charging the former FBI deputy director is a sustained campaign of presidential agitation for his scalp.
Ron Radosh If you think an indictment of Andrew McCabe (which may occur) proves him guilty, read Ben Wittes' very important analysis in Lawfareblog 20d
The Price of Self-Delusion
The American Interest 21d 2 tweets
Paul Robeson, the towering figure of American arts, athletics, and civil rights activism, was also an unapologetic Stalinist. Failing to acknowledge this checkered legacy ultimately does a disservice to the goals he fought for.
Ron Radosh My argument about the legacy left by the African American singer, actor and civil rights icon, Paul Robeson, is now available. Communism was the albatross he could never ditch 21d
Trump Has a Vicious New Primary Challenger—and Drooping GOP Support
Michael Tomasky - The Daily Beast 22d 3 tweets
Trump’s numbers among even Republicans are starting to drop, and while Joe Walsh is not going to win the primary, he’ll be launching feral attacks and calling out the lies.
Ron Radosh Michael Tomasky lays out the important of Joe Walsh's primary challenge to Trump 22d
The Waste Of Now
The American Conservative 26d 4 tweets
A sour reflection on the capture of The New York Times by the radical left, and the scandal of the Right's boobish champion
Ron Radosh Rod Dreher's powerful piece on the dangerous meaning to our culture of the NY Times 1619 series 23d
The Cold War of Words
National Review 24d 1 tweets
A review of Cold Warriors: Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War, by Duncan White.
Ron Radosh The war of words during the Cold War helped win it for the West. In a review at NR of a new book, David Pryce-Jones explains why 24d
Trump Accelerates the Dangerous Politicization of Israel
National Review 25d 3 tweets
The president’s talk of American Jews’ ‘loyalty’ and interference in two congressional Democrats’ trip to Israel hurt the interests of the Jewish state.
Ron Radosh Thanks to Mona Charen in NR for her biting and perceptive column about how in the long run, Trump is harming Israel's best interests. Support for Israel must be bi-partisan! 25d
Mike Pompeo: Secretary of Hypocrisy
Bret Stephens - Nytimes.com 26d 4 tweets
If Pompeo has a sense of honor, he might consider resigning rather than fathering the catastrophe that may soon befall Afghanistan.
Ron Radosh Bret Stephens devastating column should have Trump and Pompeo foreign policy defenders to pause and think; they criticized Obama for doing what Pompeo and Trump are imitating 25d
The Most Powerful Member of the Ruling Class
Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic 27d 10 tweets
Using “the ruling class” and “overlords” as shorthand for Trump’s critics is Orwellian nonsense.
Ron Radosh Writing in the Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf takes on Michael Anton and his "ruling class" theory. Sounds like he's part of one section himself 26d
The New York Times surrenders to the left on race
Damon Linker - Theweek.com 28d 17 tweets
The paper's 1619 Project could have been an important public service. Instead it's leftist agitprop.
Ron Radosh Damon Linker is right about the NYT’s “history” lesson. 26d
Donald Trump and the ‘Disloyal’ Jews
Bari Weiss - Nytimes.com 27d 9 tweets
A president loyal only to himself uses my community as a political weapon.
Ron Radosh Bari Weiss has written the most important comment on Trump and the Jews. via 26d
Could Michael Bennet Make Us Sane Again?
The Bulwark - The Bulwark 27d 2 tweets
Center-left Democrats have a smorgasbord of worries: America is too polarized to govern. Joe Biden is too brittle to last. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are wrenching the party too far left—or just can’t win. The debates are a frenetic form of...
Ron Radosh I feel the same way as does Richard North Patterson about Michael Bennet---he would be a great president, and I hope he has a shot in the primary race. Read why at The Bulwark 26d
What Donald Trump Will Never Understand About Jews
Tablet Magazine - Tablet Magazine 27d 3 tweets
Last night, the president of the United States called the vast majority of American Jews stupid or disloyal.  You don’t need me to rehash the details, or to be the 10,000th person to attempt to find new English words to describe how heinous,...
Ron Radosh In Tablet Magazine, Carly Pildis has a scathing and most important blast at our President's horrendous comments about the loyalty of Jews---must reading 27d