The reaction of most U.S. politicians and their media toadies to Julian Assange’s receiving political asylum from the Ecuadorian government, is telling. After Cardinal Mindszenty had been convicted of “treason” by the Soviets — for his high crime of being opposed to communism! — Mindszenty spent 15 years in political asylum in the American embassy in Hungary. My recollection from that time is that offering the political equivalent of “sanctuary” was the morally-correct thing to do. Today, however, such sentiments do not prevail. The Soviet mindset has been adopted by the ruling establishment of the American Empire. The comparative decency … Continue reading How Far Has America Collapsed?