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100 Years of Murray Rothbard

Remembering America's most radical and definitive modern libertarian intellectual.

Reason

Culture wars, political polarization and deepening inequality: the roots of Trumpism

More than 100 days into his return to the White House, the conclusion is stark: Donald Trump is no longer the same president he was during his first term. His familiar nationalist and populist rhetoric is now openly paired with an authoritarian turn – one without precedent in US history. He…

The Conversation

Wrecking ball: Trump’s war on ‘woke’ marks US society’s plunge into ‘dark times’

President’s ‘culture war’ crusade targets DEI and LGBTQ+ rights in bid to spread rightwing agenda, experts say

The Guardian - US

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Blaming Bill Buckley for Racism, January 6, and More

Historian David Austin Walsh tries and fails to rebut Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism thesis.

Reason

Are we whitewashing actual Nazis now?

Legendary aviator Charles Lindbergh was America's leading pro-Nazi voice — a fact that can't be laundered

Salon

It Didn't Start With Trump

It didn't start with libertarians either—or the 1990s.

Reason

Friday essay: ‘me against you’ – Jon Ronson investigates the perpetual outrage of the culture wars

The culture wars are perpetually waged in response to new and imagined threats, but they’ve been around forever. They just keep taking on new forms. In Australia, we’re seeing heated zero-sum disputes about everything from gender and sexuality, and race and religious freedom in schools, to climate change and the…

The Conversation

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Culture Warrior in Chief

The modern presidency is a divider, not a uniter. It has become far too powerful to be anything else.

Reason

Haley as a holdout could still be more than a speed bump for Trump

History shows that when the major party nominees for president have not cleared the field of notable challengers before summer, they tend to lose in the fall.

WEKU

Biden Campaign Faces Challenges In Michigan Primary Results

Challenges faced by Biden and Trump in Michigan primaries, highlighting concerns over support among young voters and potential impact of primary challenges...

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Generations after its heyday, isolationism is alive and kicking up controversy

For a time, the phrase "America First" seemed an artifact of the prewar world. But the idea that the U.S. would do better by holding the rest of the world at arm's length never entirely disappeared.

WEKU

The GOP's Pitchfork Populism Is Older Than Trump

But it doesn't have to be the future of the GOP or the country.

Reason

They perfected the "art of polarization"

Historian Nicole Hemmer talks to Salon about how Rush, Newt, Buchanan and an obsession with Clinton remade the GOP

Salon

Ron DeSantis' genius plan goes sideways

Martha's Vineyard gambit looks worse every day — and down at Mar-a-Lago, an embattled orange man loves to see it

Salon

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Gay Texas Republicans: "We failed"

Many gay GOP members have left the party, even as the number of Log Cabin Republicans in Texas continues to grow

Financial Times

Is Britain tiring of the culture wars?

Brexit was supposed to have left the country bitterly divided. But Henry Mance finds identity battles losing their grip on the national conversation

WEKU

Abortion wasn't always the politically charged issue it is today

In 1976, Republicans adopted an anti-abortion stance in their party platform. The GOP became a political vehicle for the movement, as a more vocal Christian Right began to rise.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: while most Americans express outrage, Putin's spell continues to hang over Republicans

A majority of US citizens across parties now condemn Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and support the sanctions adopted by the Biden administration. However, talk of unanimity would be stretching it. The Republican Party is a case in point, as Donald Trump and a good number of his supporters continue to…

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