Ron Radosh
Historian, Columnist for The Daily Beast; Adjunct Fellow at the Hudson Institute; contributor to The Bulwark, and author of many books.
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Getting Past Partisan Blinders - The Bulwark
“Man is not a rational animal; he is a rationalizing animal.” —Robert Heinlein Among many lessons learned over the last excruciating four years is this: Partisanship is a more potent drug than heroin. I consider myself to be in recovery, but by no...
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In The Bulwark, Mona Charen's final thoughts on why she is proudly supporting Joe Biden should be read by one and all. Mona is a conservative who thinks and does not feel the need to defend the indefensible.
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Trump as a Champion of ‘Bourgeois Values’? Not So Fast. - The Bulwark
On the weekend of October 17, the Wall Street Journal ran a lengthy interview with political writer and historian Fred Siegel, conducted by a Journal contributor, Tunku Varadarajan. The piece is headlined “An Ex-Liberal Reluctantly Supports...
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Last week, in the pages of the Wall St. Journal, my old friend Fried Siegel announced that he would vote for Donald Trump. Here's my answer to his arguments
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Trump’s Legacy is COVID and QAnon - The Bulwark
A poisoning of the American body and the mind.
Ron Radosh
In the Bulwark, Amanda Carpenter tells us what Trump's true legacy is! Sad. Very sad.
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Hate Wokeness? Vote Biden.
Removing the president from office should be a top priority for any voter who is genuinely concerned about the rise of illiberal forces.
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One can oppose the left-wing cancel and woke culture, and at the same time, oppose Trump and vote for Biden. Yascha Mounk explains why in The Atlantic.
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Donald Trump Ruined Conservatism. Don’t Let Him Ruin Patriotism. - The Bulwark
Donald Trump has a documented history of driving Americans away from the policies he favors. This is both good and bad. As Catherine Rampell noted, the president has moved American public opinion toward greater approval of immigration. The...
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Mona Charen explains what real patriotism means. It’s not what the Trumpists think it is. Let’s save it by first making Joe Biden our president!
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Weekend Protests in Evanston: Leadership Notes - Northwestern University
Northwestern firmly supports vigorous debate and the free expression of ideas — abiding principles that are fundamental for our University. We encourage members of our community to find meaningful ways to get involved and advocate for causes they...
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Kudos due to Northwestern Univ. president Morton Schapiro, who has strongly condemned the violence perpetrated in Evanston by obvious anarchist and left-wing "protestors." Others should follow his action.
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Angela Davis Still Believes America Can Change
Since the 1970s, the academic and activist has been an icon of feminism and Black liberation. Today, as the battle for equality wages on, the ideas for which she’s long advocated have finally entered mainstream thought.
Ron Radosh
The NYT used to call Angela Davis a "civil rights activist" to hide her communist views. Now a writer in its pages calls her a hero because she's a communist. Dumbing journalism down again at the Times.
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The Moral Necessity of Accountability for Civil Disobedience - The Bulwark
Since 1994, the majority of domestic attacks and plots in the United States have come from far-right extremists, leaving hundreds of Americans dead. This includes two-thirds of terrorist activity in 2019, and 90% of charted activity so far this...
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What about the violence in Portland and Kenosha, ask Trumpists? Here's Gregg Hurwitz's answer in The Bulwark
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Stop Being Shocked
American liberalism is in danger from a new ideology—one with dangerous implications for Jews
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After Biden's victory, we must be ready for the anti-Semites of the far Left to use the results and try to fight against Jews, who many see as the enemy. Bari Weiss' warning should not be ignored.
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The 1619 Chronicles
Journalism does better when it writes the first rough draft of history, not the last word on it.
Ron Radosh
Everyone should read Bret Stephen's fantastic full page column today on the 1619 Project and the NY Times. Kudos to the editors and publisher for allowing this to run.
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How a Second Trump Term Could Degrade Democracy - The Bulwark
Nothing Trump has done to smash norms and corrupt institutions is new. He’s copying autocrats from around the world.
Ron Radosh
If Trump gets a second terms, he will most likely complete the war on democracy he has already started. Read Arch Puddington and David Kramer who spell it out.
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Il Donald
The president knows what Mussolini knew: Some audiences crave images that offer false reassurance and over-the-top displays of power.
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Anne Applebaum reflects shrewdly on the similarity in style to that of the Italian fascist, Benito Mussolini. In our country, given that Biden will win, it seems not to be working.
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A Craving for Normalcy Spells the End of a Populist Presidency
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- “America’s present need,” the candidate declared, “is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy … My best judgment of America’s need is to steady down, to get squarely on our feet, to make sure of the right path....
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Niall Ferguson explains why despite the base sticking with him, Trump will lose the election
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Trump: It’s Actually Good I Contracted the Coronavirus
Avoiding the virus is appeasement.
Ron Radosh
Jonathan Chait shows how low the Trump acolytes will go to make his getting Covid-19 a good thing. They are so desperate they don't know what to do.
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Biden condemns Antifa, violence 'across the board' amid riots
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he condemns violence "across the board," including from Antifa, when he was asked about it during a local TV interview Monday.
Debate | Can you compare the Proud Boys to Antifa?
Is it to compare the Proud Boys to Antifa? We asked our contributing columnists Ari Hoffman and Joel Swanson to debate the question.
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Can the right-wing militia group The Proud Boys really be compared to Antifa- the latter the only one Trump condemns, while hoping the PB do his bidding on election day. A prof. and a PhD student discuss in The Forward.
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Glavin: Damning UN report on Venezuela's brutality must not be ignored
Even the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet failed to accomplish Nicolás Maduro’s degree of barbarism.
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Another great column by Terry Glavin on the horrendous state of Venezuela today. Maduro is worse than Pinochet was in Chile.
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How Far Will Chanel Rion Go For Trump?
One America News Network’s White House correspondent appears to have tailored her personality specifically to appeal to Trump — and he’s eating it up
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In Rolling Stone, E.J. Dickson has a sharp takedown of that so-called reporter , Chanel Rion, from the new Trump One American "news" network.
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The ‘Trump is Good for Israel’ illusion
The US president's record of lies and unfounded insinuations renders him a fickle and unreliable ally for the Jewish state