“If Mr. Trump loses the presidential race…it will not be enough for Republicans to excuse or ignore his candidacy”
With only hours left before Election Day, here’s the painful, self-evident truth facing lifelong...
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“…we have witnessed on the Republican side the rise of fear, anger and apocalyptic rhetoric”
Particularly since the election of Barack Obama, we have witnessed on the Republican side...
“In a normal election, the FBI and WikiLeaks factors might be disqualifying for a presidential candidate”
In a normal election, the FBI and WikiLeaks factors might be disqualifying for a...
“The next few months will tell us a lot about whether Mr. Trump and Trumpism were an anomaly or are now the new norm of the party that Lincoln helped create”
The next few months will tell us a lot about whether Mr. Trump and...
“Tuesday nears, after such epic ugliness”
Tuesday nears, after such epic ugliness. “It’s almost over,” friends say. “We’ll finally be...
“It was possible, in the early days of Trump’s probable nomination, to imagine his general-election campaign unfolding as a radical experiment…”
It was possible, in the early days of Trump’s probable nomination, to imagine his...
“’Working class’…once suggested productivity and sturdiness. Now it means downwardly mobile, poor, even pathological”
…the “white working class.” At first, the term sounds more neutral than its predecessors—a...
“Democrats who deem Hillary Clinton blameless and Republicans who brand her a master criminal both exaggerate”
Despite all her achievements, Hillary Clinton still faces many of the double standards imposed...
“Trump’s core voters are revealed, by poll after poll, to be members of the white working class”
Americans like Mark Frisbie have no foundation to stand on; they’re unorganized, unheard, unspoken...
“A good number of voters seem to have decided that the choice this year is between two candidates they don’t like”
A good number of voters seem to have decided that the choice this year...