This column presents Section 1, Chapter 2, of the 2024 serialization of Steven Jonas' book: "The 15% Solution: How the Republican Religious Right Took Control of the U.S., 1981-2022" (from the third printing, 2013). The book was first published in 1996. This Section is entitled "Setting the Stage," and this Chapter, 1, is entitled "The United States in 1995: Setting the Stage for Fascism."
