Entries by Kevin MacDonald

George Bush: “The First Jewish President”

Michael Kinsley’s review of Bush’s memoir has this tidbit: When Bush called for a new Palestinian leadership, Barbara Bush the elder (“Mother,” he invariably calls her) rang up to say, “How’s the first Jewish president doing?” Maybe I’m deficient in humor, but I don’t see why this is funny, as her son clearly believes it […]

Joe Lieberman’s Jewish reasons for opposing “Don’t ask, don’t tell”

The Daily Beast reports that Joe Lieberman “worked tirelessly in rounding up enough votes for the Senate to repeal the don’t ask don’t tell policy.” What’s interesting is his motivation: ““I’m a Jewish-American, a member of a minority group raised from the earliest part of my life to be deeply grateful for all the rights and […]

Two Californias

A major theme of the European right, exemplified by Geert Wilders, is that Islam does  not mesh with European values—that it promotes political despotism based on fear, the subjugation of women, and a fatalistic world view that is inimical to economic progress. (Wilders’ essay on Islam is well worth reading. I was particularly struck by […]

Kevin MacDonald on James Edwards’ The Political Cesspool

Kevin MacDonald will be appearing on The Political Cesspool Radio Program this Saturday, December 18 at 9:00 p.m., Eastern Time (6:00 p.m. Pacific) Tune in to The Political Cesspool’s live program via the internet during its regular airtime (7:00pm – 10:00pm Eastern) this Saturday evening at this site: www.thepoliticalcesspool.org Be sure to click the “Listen […]

In the 1930s: Chapter 19 of Alexandr Solzhenitsyn’s “200 Years Together”

The project of translating Alexandr Solzhenitisyn’s 200 Years Together into English continues apace. The 18,000-word Chapter 19, “In the 1930s” is now available (see here). The decade of the 1930s was tragic almost beyond description. The main idea advanced by Solzhenitsyn is that all segments of Soviet society suffered, including Jews who had been members […]