The Dust Bowl Years in America – What Were They Like?

At times, I reflect that for Americans living on the Great Plains, the Dust Bowl years must’ve been about the most miserable time imaginable. The Dust Bowl years were during the 1930s. This was the same time as the Great Depression in the U.S. But for people living on the Great Plains, their great depression […]

Review of The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

Kristin Hannah’s book The Four Winds is a very recent publication. It appeared about a month ago, in February of 2021. The book has sold brilliantly and has piled up numerous good reviews, so I decided to give it a read. To read my other recent reviews, check out: Deacon King Kong, by James McBride […]

Fascism’s Core Beliefs – What Are Its Dominant Values and Ideas?

So far, I’ve described some of the ideas of fascism and how it related (usually negatively) to the other philosophies of government and society of the 1920s and 1930s. In this post I’d like to examine some of fascism’s core beliefs that most fascist movements shared. I hope that fascism’s belief in the importance of […]

Fascism and Economics Examined

Fascism and economics is one of the more complex aspects of fascism. The purpose of the nation’s economy, fascists agreed, was to serve the state. Economic power increased national power. How to make this happen most efficiently, however, was the question. Philosophically, fascism and capitalism had disagreements, at least on the surface. As I wrote […]