Daily Archives: March 17, 2009

Ticket to Ride

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Sad Little Nowhere Man

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Lest We Forget: In 2004 a Birmingham Theater Closed a Play Written by a WOMAN Because It Offended a Religious Community (the Sikhs)

See the original BBC report on playwright Gurpreet Bhatti’s censorship here, as well as the craven response of a Catholic archbishop (who supported the Sikh clergy in shutting her play down): Mohan Singh, a local Sikh community leader, said: “When … Continue reading

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Umberto Eco’s “Ur Fascism”—or Eternal Fascism

Umberto Eco suggests there are fourteen signs that a contemporary social movement is veering in the direction of “Ur Fascism.” Here are his first four: 1. The first feature of Ur-Fascism is the cult of tradition. Traditionalism is of course … Continue reading

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Glenn Beck Friday: Creepy, Maudlin, Hysterical Populism on Display

The clip below is illustrative of how religious emotionalism is easily translated, by a charlatan like Glenn Beck, into political emotionalism. And notice the Nazi-like volkish essentialism at work here. Implied by Beck is the notion that all true Americans can tap their inner … Continue reading

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Conservative David Frum Calls Out Glenn Beck of Fox News for Passing Out Conspiracy Literature to His In-Studio Audience

Conservative David Frum, of New Majority, notes that Glenn Beck (of Fox News) has been promoting ONE WORLD ILLUMINATI conspiracy theories: The audience for Beck’s Friday night special were each given copies of two books. One of them was Cleon Skousen’s Five Thousand … Continue reading

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A Raw and Whole Foods Diet from Before World War II

In the 1920s and 1930s Berrnarr Macfadden was a health guru, selling millions of books on fitness training and diet. Mark Adams, of the Daily Beast, tried Macfadden’s raw and whole foods diet and reports on the experience: I purchased … Continue reading

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