Neo-Nazism is not just a European phenomenon
I was listening to a discussion on NPR this morning about the rise of neo-Nazism in Europe. The discussion, of course, was current because of the killings in Norway by an extremist Christian, Muslim-hating Norwegian who wanted to bring about a revolution that would "purify" the population and stop the inflow of immigrants from the Near East. The rise of neo-Nazism in many European countries has been a concern for awhile and has led to the election of some fairly right-wing governments in many countries, including the United Kingdom. What the participants in this discussion failed to mention (at least during the time that I was listening) is that this is not just a European phenomenon. Neo-Nazism is very much a modern American phenomenon as well. You need only look at the state legislatures and governors around the country that were elected last year to see the extent of this philosophy's hold on American imaginations. In states throughout the country that a...