Hate and Ignorance Are Warmly Welcomed Here

There have been neo-Nazis in American society, their numbers ebbing and rising, ever since the Third Reich was put down in 1945.  They are a scourge to civilization, because they remind us of everything that is wrong with the human race, in particular its capacity for hatred and its inability to reason and to exhibit empathy for others.

Last week, however, the United States saw its first sign of official acceptance of racism and anti-Semitism: a former president inviting it into his home for dinner.

Worse, this abomination has not been condemned by many high-ranking congressional Republicans. There are no depths beneath which the GOP will not sink, and drag our nation down along with it.