Fascism

"We're all fascists now" "We're all fascists now"

An interview with conservative pundit Jonah Goldberg, who argues that fascism is left-wing, not right-wing, and that contemporary liberals are fascism's intellectual offspring.
  • Torture porn, made beautiful

    Pasolini's "Salò" blends fascism, de Sade and upscale art cinema into the most notorious film in the medium's history. Watch it at home!
  • The Little Tramp's killer comedy

    How Charlie Chaplin's poisonously dark "Monsieur Verdoux" drove the audience away -- and was embraced by critics and filmmakers as a masterpiece.
  • Hot and horny for Hitler

    What drew German teens by the millions to the Hitler Youth? The uniforms, the camaraderie, the cultish adoration of Der Fuhrer -- and lots of Aryan sex.
  • Who's a fascist?

    The ultimate political insult is making a comeback. But does anyone know what it really means?
  • Poison pen

    The execution of writer Robert Brasillach for "intellectual crimes" during World War II raises questions we still don't know how to answer.
  • Bum rap

    A new book accusing Pius XII of being "Hitler's Pope" overestimates the pontiff's influence and underestimates his character.
  • Body count

    In his controversial -- and frightening -- new bestseller, Pat Buchanan argues for a mighty America built upon the corpses of the weak.
  • An empire after all

    Pat Buchanan's book is a loopy and inconsistent piece of Catholic fundamentalism that betrays a weird and self-destructive sympathy for the fascist cause.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Camille Paglia misfires on Hillary, McCain and the Romantics! Plus: Mary Kay backers are pink, positive and pissed off; Stereolab as spiritual experience.
  • The unbearable lightness of Benigni

    Roberto Benigni's comic fable about one family's struggle to survive in a Nazi concentration camp is in offensively poor taste.
  • Movie Interview: "I wanted to make a beautiful movie"

    "Life Is Beautiful" director Roberto Benigni talks about the Holocaust, Charlie Chaplin and how he was haunted by the idea of a happy man in a Nazi concentration camp.
  • Melrose vs. the monsters

    The incoherent film version of Robert Heinlein's 'Starship Troopers' lacks the courage of the book's fascist conclusions.
  • A Smack of Weimar

    A low-intensity war is taking place in parts of Europe, with terrorist activities and open battles on the streets between neo-Nazis and their increasingly militant opponents.

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