The Circus Has Come to America (Copy)

The circus has come to America (copy)

History appears to be repeating itself… unfortunately, it seems to be akin to Germany of the 1930s and 1940s.

Is Donald Trump more like Hitler or Augustus Caesar? Honestly, it's both

Donald Trump’s destruction of America’s 249-year-old constitutional republic and civic culture follows a historically familiar pattern that includes two especially striking precedents — one ancient, one modern. In both of these, an aspiring dictator overthrows a tottering republic while promising its frightened, gullible and/or opportunistic citizens that he is rescuing it even as he drains it of its remaining legitimacy and power.The precedents…

In a few days, I have heard disturbing stories in the United States, but also shows an energy that I didn’t expect because I wasn’t seeing it from afar. It’s not a country that gives upThe corner of thinking – Ann Marie Lipinski: “In recent years what many people think of journalism is getting more and more opinion” A few days ago, in a bookstore in southern Manhattan by the river, the New Yorker director, David Remnick, looked seriously at the …

We have not become Hitler’s Germany

A Village of Liberty Park resident says the United States has not become Hitler’s Germany - yet. But there sure are troubling signs.

Corruption Over Cruelty — Why Trump Is No Hitler - WhoWhatWhy

In the previous two installments of this series, we explored striking parallels between the Third Reich and the current Trump regime, the twisty paths that led to authoritarianism in 1930s Germany and the present-day US, the likelihood that many MAGA supporters would have made good Nazis, and how some of the current administration’s most notorious figures would probably commit Nazi-level atrocities if they never had to fear repercussions. But wh…

Trump, Hitler and how democracies die

A conversation with an expert on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany to explore what he refers to as the ‘disturbing echoes’ between the German leader and U.S. President Donald Trump.