Just Who Is Trump Anyway?
The strange, orange man giving a prime time speech tonight has been described in many ways. To his fans, he's a brilliant businessman, a winner, a smart negotiator, a…
The Week in Weak
Here are the weakest things that caught my attention this week. Getting too Happy That Trump Lost A Slate piece captures the attitude: "Donald Trump Lost the Iowa Caucus. Good…
The Obersalzberg On Film
Adolf Hitler and his secret mistress, Eva Braun, spent a great deal of time at the Berghof, Hitler's retreat at the Obersalzberg. I've posted at length about the place here, but…
What Should Germany Do With Mein Kampf?
Yesterday, the U.S. Holocaust museum held a Twitter chat about the impending emergence of Hitler's manifesto Mein Kampf from copyright and what the former owners, the city of Munich in particular…
No. Hitler Was Not A Genius
Over last weekend, I became embroiled in a conversation about Adolf Hitler--an occupational hazard--that included this question, directed at me, "Do you think Hitler was a genius?" No. To revise…
Nazism and Conspiracy Theory
Our lords and masters became our lords and masters through conspiracy...and the odd murder. The only way they can justify that to themselves, since they don't want to think of…
Manifesto By Strange, Sullen, Hectoring Twit Is An International Bestseller
Yes, we're talking about Mein Kampf, apparently one of the bestselling political books of the year. B-School grads in India are expected to have devoured its lessons in business management. (Curious,…
Christmas Under the Swastika
The Nazi calendar had its own set of holidays, including the anniversary of the seizure of power (January 30th), Hitler's birthday (April 20th) and the anniversary of the Beer Hall…
Emmy Göring: First Lady of the Third Reich
In the middle 1930s, Adolf Hitler was romantically involved--inasmuch as he was capable of romantic involvement--with Eva Braun, the former assistant to his court photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann. But Hitler's relationship…
The Leadership Style of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler makes a brief appearance in my novel, Summer of Long Knives, but his presence is felt everywhere in it. The state he built, which obliterated all the norms of…