“Some of the draw of Donald Trump for white working-class male voters, for example, is that he does not speak in a culture of critical discourse”
It is probably right that something like a culture of critical discourse can be...
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“The irrelevance of facts is part of what observers mean when they say that the normal rules of politics don’t apply to Trump”
The irrelevance of facts is part of what observers mean when they say that...
“Trump is playing to one of the most powerful emotions in our economic life—what behavioral economists call loss aversion”
Trump is playing to one of the most powerful emotions in our economic life—what...
“It’s not that we shouldn’t have covered Trump’s craziness, but that we should have aggressively provided context in the form of fact checks and robust examination of policy proposals”
Although many of us journalists have derided Trump, the truth is that he generally...
“The tragedy of the child-welfare system lies, unnoticed, at the bottom of the chasm that divides American politics”
The tragedy of the child-welfare system lies, unnoticed, at the bottom of the chasm...
“In a cardigan or a crew neck, this model is just another model. In the hoodie, he is a folk demon and a scapegoat, a political symbol and a moving target…”
In a cardigan or a crew neck, this model is just another model. In...
“Known now as ‘The Bates Bill’, the new law allowed the explosive growth of microbreweries and brewpubs, first throughout California…”
In 1983, the California state legislature successfully passed Assembly Bill 3610, amending Section 23357...
“…every major ‘populist’ insurgency is a warning about serious problems festering in our politics”
In their own fashion, Sanders and Trump are protesting inequalities and the corruption of...
Trump “never sought to expunge his sexual exploits. He never will. They’re the heart, soul and loins of his brand.”
…Trump, crucially, isn’t just any libertine. He’s a retro rascal, a throwback to an...
“…if you think a little thing like losing a general election will dispose of Ted Cruz’s ambitions, you don’t know Ted Cruz”
Unloved, unattractive, a Simpsons-quoting nerd still chasing the teenage dream of world domination, the...