Matt Christiansen investigates the ongoing lie that most violence in America comes from the right side of the political spectrum.

One can only guess where the funding for this podcast comes from. Some are skeptical.

No word yet whether one MUST wear a mask while listening to the podcast.

I spotted the magazine below in a New Hampshire antiques store. My first thought was, “If this was published today, the media would be blethering on that Barry Goldwater and his wife are Nazis.”

The 1964 Republican National Convention was quite a raucous affair:

The 1964 convention shocked observers. Goldwater’s supporters heaped abuse on the media and moderate Republicans who refused to endorse the nominee. It was a stark digression from the typical convention, in which a newly crowned nominee and his allies extended olive branches to all wings of the party. In 1960, for example, Goldwater had scolded conservatives who didn’t want to endorse Vice President Richard Nixon, exhorting them to get on board.

But the vitriolic display, full of conspiracy theories and extremism, embodied the brand of conservatism on the rise in the GOP — one that now dominates the party.

The question is, was Goldwater incorrect? Ever since 1964, the country club Republicans who allowed the drip-drip-drip of Leftism to seep into American society refuse to accept that they were wrong to not stop it in its tracks.

Here's how this will play out, here's the meta-script, and please don't laugh it off.

How this all started is not how it will end. A story that began with a clear traditional moral shape, an innocent victim, a vile perpetrator, will be transformed using secondary characters, new… https://t.co/mYpxnfmwfm

— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) September 17, 2025