One thing that we can do is finally put a stake through the heart of the "1930s Redux" narrative that has been peddled since 2016. It is obfuscating, corrosive, inaccurate, and malicious. If you are interested in the argument, this article in The TransAtlantic (briefly) makes he case…
Thanks for the response, Mr Johnston, and I very much appreciate the contribution. Still in the early stages of building up the newsletter, so your help is really encouraging. I know you have been in the game, so it's nice that you got something from my scribblings. Just interested, what made you start your newsletter? You might not want to answer here, so feel free to ignore the question, or email if you prefer. Although, you were in politics, so you should be able to answer the question without answering the question ;)
I'm happy to answer here, and thanks again for a nice post. I'm not the best person to talk about "building up" a newsletter, since my readership is relatively small, but I find that many of my loyal readers share my work rather widely. Second, I spread my blog posts across social media, which also generates traffic. My favorite thing is when people "restack" or republish my posts to their own audiences, a wonderful aspect of Substack. I started not long after I retired from my last job over my long desire to reengage with my first profession - journalism. I began work as a news reporter in college, covering the 1976 presidential race in Oklahoma. It earned me a job as a state capitol correspondent, then later as editor of a daily newspaper. Couple that with over 25 years of political campaign experience and a few more on Capitol Hill, and I find that I have unique historical and related insights most journalists miss. Sharing those unique insights, sometimes through satire, is a fun and rewarding.
One thing that we can do is finally put a stake through the heart of the "1930s Redux" narrative that has been peddled since 2016. It is obfuscating, corrosive, inaccurate, and malicious. If you are interested in the argument, this article in The TransAtlantic (briefly) makes he case…
https://thetransatlantic.substack.com/p/durham-report-trump-russia-nazis-history
Completely agree. I like your argument.
Thanks for the response, Mr Johnston, and I very much appreciate the contribution. Still in the early stages of building up the newsletter, so your help is really encouraging. I know you have been in the game, so it's nice that you got something from my scribblings. Just interested, what made you start your newsletter? You might not want to answer here, so feel free to ignore the question, or email if you prefer. Although, you were in politics, so you should be able to answer the question without answering the question ;)
I'm happy to answer here, and thanks again for a nice post. I'm not the best person to talk about "building up" a newsletter, since my readership is relatively small, but I find that many of my loyal readers share my work rather widely. Second, I spread my blog posts across social media, which also generates traffic. My favorite thing is when people "restack" or republish my posts to their own audiences, a wonderful aspect of Substack. I started not long after I retired from my last job over my long desire to reengage with my first profession - journalism. I began work as a news reporter in college, covering the 1976 presidential race in Oklahoma. It earned me a job as a state capitol correspondent, then later as editor of a daily newspaper. Couple that with over 25 years of political campaign experience and a few more on Capitol Hill, and I find that I have unique historical and related insights most journalists miss. Sharing those unique insights, sometimes through satire, is a fun and rewarding.
thoughtful analysis