Thirteen years ago, an evangelical minister in Idaho who was about to headline a 鈥渉istory鈥� conference at the University of Idaho at Moscow ran head-on into a massive political firestorm. The cause was a book pastor Douglas Wilson had co-authored that offered up an unusual take on antebellum American slavery.
Daryush 鈥淩oosh V鈥� Valizadeh had billed Feb. 6 as the day that his 鈥渘eo-masculinist鈥� 鈥� read woman-hating and rape-advocating 鈥� followers would emerge 鈥渇rom the shadows and not have to hide behind a computer screen鈥� any longer.
After last year鈥檚 massacre of nine black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C., PayPal, one of the world鈥檚 largest online pay processors, finally suspended the account of a major white supremacist group known as the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC). Mass murderer Dylann Roof had left writings making clear he got his inspiration from the CCC, a group obsessed with black-on-white crime.
Bradley Smith, a principal architect of Holocaust denial in America who was once a character witness for an infamous Canadian neo-Nazi, died this February in San Diego from complications of cancer. He was 86.
The legalization of same-sex marriage, the Syrian refugee crisis, the continuing threat of Islamist terrorism and simmering discontent over federal control of public lands have sparked an upsurge in hardline state legislation. What is most remarkable is how many of the proposed laws appear plainly unconstitutional.
Just days before Britain held a referendum on leaving or staying in the European Union (EU), a man yelling 鈥淏ritain first鈥� stabbed and shot to death a pro-EU and pro-immigrant member of Parliament at a meeting with constituents.
Way back in 2010, the FBI labeled 鈥渟overeign citizens鈥� 鈥� conspiracy-minded people who believe that most laws and tax requirements don鈥檛 apply to them 鈥� as a 鈥渄omestic terrorist鈥� movement. This June, there was another reminder of why.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) is releasing its fifth training video for law enforcement officials, 鈥淯nderstanding the Threat: Antigovernment Extremists.鈥�
A remarkable level of vitriol has characterized the contest for president. And it鈥檚 showing no signs of letting up.
A radical and growing organization of 鈥榗onstitutional sheriffs鈥� is promoting defiance of federal laws it doesn鈥檛 like.
