Opinion Forum

Growing Extremism on the Right

March 8th, 2010

By Tom Carter A Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Intelligence Report published recently presents a chilling assessment of the growth of right-wing extremism in the past year. Americans justifiably worry about the threat of radical Islamic terrorism, but we often forget the ongoing threat of terrorist violence from home-grown extremists. Thinking back over the last half-century […]

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Tags: bombing, extremists, McVeigh, right-wing, SPLC, terrorism, violence
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Climate Doom, Snow, Bombing

December 15th, 2009

By Tom Carter I came across a column today by Anne Applebaum, one of the most well-informed, fair-minded writers you can find. She’s particularly knowledgeable on issues and history regarding Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. Her Gulag: A History, which won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction in 2004, is by far the best book […]

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Tags: bombing, children, climate change, Copenhagen, psychology, snow, war
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