Category Archives: Populism

Italy Needs Me: The Life and Death of Silvio Berlusconi

Posted on June 12, 2023 by olivercraner

The life of Silvio Berlusconi had one great theme: man’s battle with time. Vigorous daily exercise routines and public jogging sessions; an obsession with personal hygiene driven by a deep phobia of germs; an epic struggle against hair loss that … Continue reading →

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On the Legacy of George L. Mosse

Posted on October 26, 2021 by olivercraner

Past history is always contemporary. George L. Mosse, The Nationalisation of the Masses In Confronting History, his posthumously published memoir, George L. Mosse recalled the occupation of Mossehaus, the headquarters of Rudolf Mosse’s German publishing empire, during the Spartacist Uprising … Continue reading →

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American Carnage: Sarah Palin’s Revolution

Posted on October 24, 2020 by olivercraner

  I: Family  Sarah Palin was like a comet zooming across the American sky — out of Alaska, a blazing vision of the republic’s future. In the thick of this current political era, it is worth re-watching the first national … Continue reading →

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