by Carolyn Yeager, September, 2007
copyright Carolyn Yeager 2007

Carolyn Baker is a lesbian, a liberal, and identifies herself as an adjunct professor of history at New Mexico State University. Naomi Wolf is a Jewess and a nationally known writer (The Beauty Myth) who, perhaps because of famous or well-placed relatives, became a “literary star” at a young age. Both are raging feminists and often a little flaky.
Baker is a great admirer of Wolf and has written a rather fawning review of Wolf’s latest book, The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot. Baker’s review, which she titled “The Police State is Right Here, Right Now,” appeared in my inbox from a List I am on and, taking a glance at it, my anger was peaked more than my interest. But anger was cause enough to keep me reading and then to reply to the List, and also to elaborate that reply into this review-of-my-own you are reading now.
The reason for my hostile reaction is that this article by Baker, with lengthy quotes from Wolf, exemplifies the mindless way in which National Socialist Germany continues to be taken out of any true historical context by American Liberals and European Social Democrats in their desire to keep the ignorant masses deluded, and, need I add, distracted from their own crimes and mis-government.