Peter Longerich, Wannsee

An absolutely stunning book.

At Amazon, "Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution."

Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy

At Amazon, Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up.

Volker Ullrich, The Final Collapse of the Third Reich

At Amazon, Volker Ullrich, Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich. #CommissionEarned

Student Leader at Columbia Facing Possible Discipline for Expressing Extermination Anti-Israel Views

I've blogged about this issue for a long time. The chickens are coming home to roost --- and I'm glad. It's too early to say we'll have a successful counterrevolution. But perhaps not too early. Have you seen the trailer for "Civil War"? 

At the New York Times, "Student Leader of Columbia Protests: ‘Zionists Don’t Deserve to Live’: After video surfaced on social media, the student, Khymani James, said on Friday that his comments were wrong."

Stagflation?

The '70s are calling. They want their strong economy back, lol. 

At the Wall Street Journal, "A GDP Warning as Signs of Stagflation Appear: Slower growth and persistent inflation explain why voters feel glum about the economy."

Harald Jähner, Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955

At Amazon, Harald Jähner, Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955.

Christopher R. Browning, The Origins of the Final Solution

Christopher R. Browning, The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939-March 1942.

Also, Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland.

Peachy Keenan, Domestic Extremist

Peachy Keenan, Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide to Winning the Culture War.

Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands

Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin.

Christopher Browning, Ordinary Men

Christopher Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland.

BONUS: Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust.

Yaroslav Trofimov, Our Enemies Will Vanish

At Amazon, Yaroslav Trofimov, Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence. #CommissionEarned

Volker Ullrich, Eight Days in May

At Amazon, Volker Ullrich, Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich.

Michael Burleigh, The Third Reich

At Amazon, Michael Burleigh, The Third Reich: A New History.

Timothy Ryback, Takeover

A new and important history. 

At Amazon, Timothy Ryback, Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power.

Heinz Höhne, The Order of the Death's Head

At Amazon, Heinz Höhne, "The Order of the Death's Head: The Story of Hitler's SS."

George Gilder, Life After Capitalism

At Amazon, George Gilder, Life after Capitalism: The Meaning of Wealth, the Future of the Economy, and the Time Theory of Money. 

Top Democrats' Bullishness on Biden 2024 Collides With Voters' Worries

At the New York Times, "Party leaders have rallied behind the president’s re-election bid, but as one top Democratic strategist put it, “The voters don’t want this, and that’s in poll after poll after poll":

As President Biden shifts his re-election campaign into higher gear, the strength of his candidacy is being tested by a striking divide between Democratic leaders, who are overwhelmingly unified behind his bid, and rank-and-file voters in the party who harbor persistent doubts about whether he is their best option.

From the highest levels of the party on down, Democratic politicians and party officials have long dismissed the idea that Mr. Biden should have any credible primary challenger. Yet despite their efforts — and the president’s lack of a serious opponent within his party — they have been unable to dispel Democratic concerns about him that center largely on his age and vitality.

The discord between the party’s elite and its voters leaves Democrats confronting a level of disunity over a president running for re-election not seen for decades.

Interviews with more than a dozen strategists, elected officials and voters this past week, conversations with Democrats since Mr. Biden’s campaign began in April, and months of public polling data show that this disconnect has emerged as a defining obstacle for his candidacy, worrying Democrats from liberal enclaves to swing states to the halls of power in Washington.

Mr. Biden’s campaign and his allies argue that much of the intraparty dissent will fade away next year, once the election becomes a clear choice between the president and former President Donald J. Trump, the dominant leader in the Republican primary field.

But their assurances have not tamped down worries about Mr. Biden from some top Democratic strategists and many of the party’s voters, who approve of his performance but worry that Mr. Biden, who will be 82 on Inauguration Day, may simply not be up for another four years — or even the exhausting slog of another election.

“The voters don’t want this, and that’s in poll after poll after poll,” said James Carville, a longtime party strategist, who worries that a lack of enthusiasm for Mr. Biden could lead to lower Democratic turnout in 2024. “You can’t look at what you look at and not feel some apprehension here.”

In recent days, a barrage of grim news for Mr. Biden, including an autoworkers strike in the Midwest that poses a challenge to his economic agenda and the beginning of impeachment proceedings on Capitol Hill, has made this intraparty tension increasingly difficult to ignore. Those developments come amid a darkening polling picture, as recent surveys found that majorities of Democrats do not want him to run again, are open to an alternative in the primary and dread the idea of a Biden-Trump rematch.

A CNN poll released this month found that 67 percent of Democrats would prefer Mr. Biden not be renominated, a higher percentage than in polling conducted by The New York Times and Siena College over the summer that found half would prefer someone else.

In quiet conversations and off-the-record gatherings, Democratic officials frequently acknowledge their worries about Mr. Biden’s age and sagging approval ratings. But publicly, they project total confidence about his ability to lead and win.

“It’s definitely got a paradoxical element to it,” said Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey, a Democrat who is among a group of governors who put aside their national ambitions to support Mr. Biden’s re-election bid. “This is only a matter of time until the broad party, and broadly speaking, Americans, converge with the opinions of folks like myself.”

Many party officials say that Mr. Biden is making a high-stakes bet that the power of incumbency, a good political environment for his party and the fact that Democrats generally like the president will eventually outweigh the blaring signs of concern from loyal supporters. Any discussion of an alternative is little more than a fantasy, they say, since challenging Mr. Biden would not only appear disloyal but would also most likely fail — and potentially weaken the president’s general-election standing.

One Democratic voter who backed Mr. Biden in 2020, James Collier, an accountant in Houston, sees the situation slightly differently. He said he would like Mr. Biden to clear the way for a new generation that could energize the party’s base...

Liz Wheeler, Hide Your Children

Liz Wheeler, Hide Your Children: Exposing the Marxists Behind the Attack on America's Kids. 

Las Vegas’s Yet-to-Open Spherical Performance Venue is Already Famous for Bizarre Imagery It Broadcasts (VIDEO)

At the Los Angeles Times, "Sphere can be bizarre and sublime — or just an ad. That’s what makes it so Vegas":

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