"America's Socialist Future" and LF
The other day, I wrote a piece for USA Today on the contradiction of liberals pining for social democracy while ridiculing conservatives who say that liberals are pursuing social democracy. Historian...
View ArticleMy Dad & LF
Since today is the 4 year anniversary of my Dad’s death, and since I’m often asked what the “Hop Bird” reference is in the book’s dedication, I thought I might post this.I should also say that the book...
View ArticleSince (Sotomayor's) Racialism is in the News
I thought this excerpt from the book might be of interest: The glorification of racial permanence has caused the left to abandonnarrow rationales for affirmative action in favor of the doctrineof...
View ArticleSince GM is In the News
From the economics chapter written over two years ago:GM offers an ironic confirmation of Marxist logic. According toorthodox Marxism, the capitalist system becomes fascist as its...
View ArticleMail Bag
Just a great email:Dear Jonah Goldberg, I literally just completed your book Liberal Fascism. It was an amazing read and a wonderfully eye-opening experience. However, I must admit that I was very...
View ArticleBritish Fascists To the Left
More on the BNP’s success at stealing labor votes. Here aresomewonderful posts about the BNP by Daniel Hannan. For instance:Incidentally, any BBC presenters reading this, why do you keep calling the...
View ArticleWhy Does It Matter?
A reader asks:Jonah,I was reading your blog comments about the British National Party.Your observation that far from being “right wing” their platform is in fact socialist seems spot on.But I’m left...
View ArticleSo Who Is A Right-Wing Extremist?
From a reader:Jonah,I wonder whether your campaign to properly label extremist groups might be aided by a description of what a real right-winger would be like. Any thoughts on people or groups that...
View ArticleRe: Rightwing Fascists
Now this is an interesting point:Dear Mr. Goldberg: Always interesting to read your posts and (some of the) reader responses. One of the most recent, inquiring about what a “real” right-wing regime...
View ArticleThose "right wing" Fascists, Cont'd
Michael Moynihan has a very useful post. I’m not sure I agree with every angle of it, but I am very reluctant to disagree with him on contemporary European politics as he knows a lot more about such...
View ArticleKesler on Progressivism
I have every confidence that fans of my book and those otherwise interested in the issues raised by it, will find Charles Kesler’s discussion of progressivism both familiar and enlightening. Kesler...
View ArticleWhy Does it Matter? Cont'd
From a reader:Jonah,While I’m obviously generalizing, I think the following mental calculation describes the perspective of a great many liberals/leftists:Political thought can be described as a...
View ArticleReunited And It Feels So Good
I’m delighted to announced that the paperback of Liberal Fascism will debut at #5 on TheNew York Times besteller list.Because the list works on a weird time-delay, it will appear a week from this...
View ArticleFan Mail
I like this one:Mr. Goldberg – There are not words that adequately express what a complete a**hole you are – what a dishonest, right-wing fraud you are .. Your sole purpose in writing the ludicrous...
View ArticleTales from the Front
From a reader:Jonah,I bought your book tonight from Borders (I plan on completing Voxiversity III). Considering how well it is selling, it was pretty tough to find–I found one paperback copy under...
View ArticleReihan In the House
First, in case you didn’t know, Reihan Salam is now a blogger for NRO. I think this astoundingly good news. Now, on to business. He writes:Earlier this week, Will Cain very kindly asked me to...
View ArticleHitler & Christianity
I’ve been so incredibly swamped since the von Brunn shooting I haven’t had a chance to post a few things on Hitler and Christianity that I think are relevant given all of the “he’s a rightwinger talk.”...
View ArticleHitler & Christianity II
From pages 364-365 of my book: Like the engineers of that proverbial railway bridge, the Nazisworked relentlessly to replace the nuts and bolts of traditionalChristianity with a new political religion....
View ArticleNazis & Christianity Cont'd
From pages 369-371:…Just as the Nazi attack on Christianity was part of a larger war on the idea of universal truth, whole postmodern cosmologies have been created to prove that traditional religious...
View ArticleLF & Its Critics
From a reader in response to my magazine piece from the last issue:Hi Jonah Just got around to reading your article on Liberal Fascism and it’s critics. I read Tomasky’s review too and noted some of...
View ArticleIsn't That Special
From an AP story on the kerfuffle over Neo-Nazis signing up for the adopt-a-highway program:Representatives of the National Socialist movement in Missouri did not immediately return calls seeking...
View ArticleLF & Godwin's Law
The editorial blog of the Baltimore Sun is accusing me of violating Godwin’s law, and some of the commenters are rushing to my defense.
View ArticleLebensunwertes Leben
From the LA Times:Reporting from Washington — President Obama suggested at a town hall event Wednesday night that one way to shave medical costs is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures...
View ArticleClosing Time
Well, it was a nice run. But I think it’s time to turn out the lights on the Liberal Fascism blog. Alas, turning out the lights on liberal fascism might take a bit longer. As only the most loyal...
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