“With Cruz, though, even the most fervent peroration always feels like a debater’s patter, an advocate’s brief…”
Enough, for one week at least, about the strange victories of Donald Trump. Let’s...
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“Sometimes, it seems, ‘populism’ is just a synonym for widespread unhappiness with the status quo”
There was a time when “populist” meant something more specific. The word originated with...
“It was clear to me weeks ago, even before Marco Rubio threw in the towel, that the G.O.P. was getting ready to cuddle with Ted Cruz”
It was clear to me weeks ago, even before Marco Rubio threw in the...
“I personally made the mistake of regarding Trump’s candidacy as a stunt, scoffing at the idea that he could be the nominee. Mea culpa”
I personally made the mistake of regarding Trump’s candidacy as a stunt, scoffing at...
“Cruz has proceeded with several fingers in the wind; every time the conservative mood has shifted even a little, he’s shifted quickly too”
While his fellow Tea Party senators, from Paul to Rubio to Utah’s Mike Lee,...
“Cruz is the pinup for pessimistic times”
Cruz is the pinup for pessimistic times. Even John McCain, who once dismissed him...
“The climate of California made it ready for the growth of craft brewing”
As the first years of craft brewing progressed, there was little reason to think...
“In the context of a divided electorate, highly polarized parties and non-stop combat in an unending string of elections to fill national and state offices, presidential contests are less likely to usher in dominance than to invite opposition”
The White House is a major prize, but in our system of checks and...
“The 19th-century antecedent that Trump evokes in his nativist appeals to white working- and middle-class Americans is not the populism of the People’s Party but rather that of the Know-Nothing Party of the 1850s…”
The 19th-century antecedent that Trump evokes in his nativist appeals to white working- and...
“Cruz has gone from the insufferable nemesis of Republican traditionalists to their last, best hope…”
Cruz has gone from the insufferable nemesis of Republican traditionalists to their last, best...