Even as Texas Rep. Ron Paul
rises in the polls and positions himself as a serious contender to win the Iowa caucuses, it is important to remember this: He has absolutely no chance to win the Republican nomination for president. (more)
Everyone seems to agree that Rep. Steve Cohen’s comparison of conservative Republicans with Nazis is abhorrent. But there are still some people who think that although Cohen’s remarks went too far, there is, nonetheless, some truth to what he said. (more)
I’m looking forward to seeing Andrew Sullivan at the annual March for Life in a couple weeks. And Rachel Maddow. And Paul Krugman. And Keith Olbermann. (more)
VIENNA (AP) — A disused hospital cemetery will be dug up in March in the search for victims methodically killed by the Nazis because of physical or mental disabilities, officials said Tuesday. (more)
LONDON (AP) — Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler liked to have bread and marmalade for breakfast and was described as mild-mannered during personal exchanges, according to newly released documents. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top congressional Republican is criticizing a House GOP candidate from Ohio who wore a Nazi uniform during reenactments of World War II battles. (more)
LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of Britons mourned a reclusive World War II heroine during her funeral Tuesday, remembering a woman who was tortured by the Nazis after she was caught behind enemy lines. (more)
MONTREUIL-BELLAY, France (AP) — It’s a thistle-tangled field behind a hedge of blackberries, with little to catch the eye but three surreal staircases that rise out of the parched grass and lead to nowhere. (more)
SAN MARINO, Calif. (AP) — The Nuremberg Laws, the documents that took away Jews’ rights to German citizenship and laid the groundwork for the execution of 6 million people during the Holocaust, were turned over to the National Archives on Wednesday. (more)
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The monumental chestnut tree that cheered Anne Frank while she was in hiding from the Nazis was toppled by wind and heavy rain on Monday. (more)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Growing up in the West Bank, Mujahid Sarsur knew next to nothing about the Holocaust and saw little ground to sympathize with a people he saw as his occupier. (more)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey couple who gave their children Nazi-inspired names should not regain custody of them, a state appeals court ruled Thursday, citing the parents’ own disabilities and the risk of serious injury to their children. (more)
Editor’s note: Bloomberg reporter Ryan Donmoyer wanted readers to know the context in which he wondered whether tea party members “parallel” Nazis. Below is the full thread in which the quote occurred. (more)
A media company executive over the weekend compared black Tea Party activists with Jewish guards in Nazi concentration camps, claiming the movement as a whole is racist and unpatriotic. (more)
PHOENIX (AP) — Minutemen groups, a surge in Border Patrol agents, and a tough new immigration law aren’t enough for a reputed neo-Nazi who’s now leading a militia in the Arizona desert. (more)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A huge outdoor art poster that blends Mickey Mouse’s image with that of a swastika and a nude woman’s body is causing a stir in Poland, where memories of the suffering inflicted by Nazi Germany remain strong. (more)
It is halftime during Germany’s 4-0 thrashing of Australia at the World Cup in South Africa on Sunday. The game is being broadcast back to Germany on ZDF public television, and ZDF anchor Katrin Müller-Hohenstein is in the midst of reviewing the highlights of the first half with expert analyst Oliver Kahn, the former star goalkeeper of the German national team. (more)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman on Thursday criticized remarks attributed to rival Jerry Brown that made a comparison between her campaign and a Nazi propagandist. (more)
Nick Clegg has claimed that the British people have ‘a more insidious cross to bear’ than Germany over the Second World War. (more)
On The Colbert Report, Sanders jokingly compared Bernanke and Ben & Jerry. Take a guess at who Bernie thought better served the American public: (more)
