"Reality itself is cast into doubt....Fascist politics exchanges reality for the pronouncements of a single individual, or perhaps a political party."
~ Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them. Random House, 2018.
where Stanley is a professor
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"Say, baby, did you get that letter?
If you take me back I'll -- treat you better,
Nobody's business but mine..."
"Ain't Nobody's Business" is the fifth song on the
Mississippi John Hurt- The Best Of
album, available for listening on You Tube.
This song is upbeat and springy, with lyrics -- like so many popular songs -- chronicling a dysfunctional love relationship.
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On November 9 to November 10, 1938, in an incident known as "Kristallnacht," Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews.
~ History.com
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On October 27, 2018, a man in America murdered eleven people in a Pittsburgh synagogue.
Joyce Fienberg, 75
Richard Gottfried, 65
Rose Mallinger, 97
Jerry Rabinowitz, 66
Cecil Rosenthal, 59
David Rosenthal, 54
Bernice Simon, 84
Sylvan Simon, 86
Daniel Stein, 71
Melvin Wax, 87
Irving Younger, 69
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"We all felt the same thing: how glad we were that our parents weren't alive to see this happen in America..."
~ synagogue member
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"We are not alone. We are strong enough. We will never yield and we will lead this world to a better place."
~ Jon B. Wolfsthal, commenter on Pittsburgh story
Sixth Street Bridge
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
by Frank Harris
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------------------ [excerpt, All The President's Men] -------------------------------
When Bernstein returned to the office, Ben Bradlee was examining the statements by Ziegler, Dole and MacGregor, noting that all had emphasized the same things and had used similar language.
At the Post, there was little doubt that the attacks were orchestrated and, if not ordered by the President, made with his knowledge and approval.
Reporters from other news organizations were calling Bradlee for a response. He put a sheet of his two-ply paper in his typewriter and banged out a statement:
Time will judge between Clark MacGregor's press release and the Washington Post's reporting of the various activities of CRP. For now it is enough to say that not a single fact contained in the investigative reporting by this newspaper about these activities has been successfully challenged. MacGregor and other high administration officials have called these stories "a collection of absurdities" and the Post "malicious," but the facts are on the record, unchallenged by contrary evidence.
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{All The President's Men, by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. Simon & Schuster, 1974}
Ben Bradlee, Jackie Kennedy, Toni Bradlee, President Kennedy
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