I’ve been worried about right-wing political violence for a while, because it’s been going on for a while. The Oklahoma City bombing, the Branch Davidians in Waco, Eric Rudolph and the bombings at the Atlanta Olympics - all of these were big deals. All of them, mostly, forgotten - as are the innumerable other examples [...] Read more »

Matt Stoller writes,
I do not understand why pacifism and/or the avoidance of war are sneered at.

He had some reason to wonder, but I’ve been wondering too. In the film The People vs. Larry Flynt one of the most striking scenes for me was the montage comparing the obscenity of sex and violence. Why is it [...] Read more »