“Trump’s innovation is to have mined a deeper vein of cynicism, exhausting the weary tropes of polite political discourse”
…Trump is pivoting constantly. Or perhaps more accurately, the man is so erratic that...
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“…accusations of ‘virtue signaling’ are, more than anything, a way of walking out on that argument and dismissing it altogether…”
…accusations of “virtue signaling” are, more than anything, a way of walking out on...
“Fetishizing civility has a way of elevating style over substance”
Fetishizing civility has a way of elevating style over substance. Richard Spencer, the white...
“When did our national discourse become so consumed with the state of our national discourse?”
When did our national discourse become so consumed with the state of our national...
“Americans are surely the maestros of reappropriation”
…Americans are surely the maestros of reappropriation. Conservatives turned the phrase “vast right-wing conspiracy”...
“Part of what makes the modern use of ‘winning’ so strange is that it’s often used in contexts that are not competitions”
Part of what makes the modern use of “winning” so strange is that it’s...
“We entered the war against Germany in 1941, but not because they were Nazis…”
We entered the war against Germany in 1941, but not because they were Nazis....
“Every day, Trump wakes up and erodes the dignity of the Presidency a little more”
Trump is hardly the first bad President in American history—he has not had adequate...
“Everyone knows that populism has fundamentally altered the rules of Western politics. But no one has deduced what the new rules are”
Everyone knows that populism has fundamentally altered the rules of Western politics. But no...
“Trump began his national ascendancy by hoisting the racist banner of birtherism. Since then, as candidate and as President, he has found countless ways to pollute the national atmosphere”
Trump began his national ascendancy by hoisting the racist banner of birtherism. Since then,...