92 year-old Elisabeth Kalhammer tells her story of serving as Hitler’s maid. The interview includes rare film footage of her boss at his mountain retreat after he knew he’d been defeated.
Historic moments begin with nonchalance
Every U.S. Senator is now a juror in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, and we, the people, are witnesses again, as we were watching the events of January 6.
The mark of the historic is the nonchalance with which it picks up an individual and deposits him in a trend, like a house playfully moved by a tornado.
Mary McCarthy, “My Confession,” On the Contrary (1961)
We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.
– Jose Ortega y Gasset, The Revolt of the Masses (1930)
Views from the Edge 
To see the similarities, it is just so disappointing and sad.
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It’s chilling, isn’t it?
Watching the impeachment trial knowing how few GOP senators are paying attention is more chilling still. Their vote to acquit will be a vote for fascism.
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Yes Gordon, it is so chilling. The cavalier attitude that the mob wasn’t after them so why be concerned that it was after others… that level of inhumanity, omg.
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