Politics in America “The image of black helicopters gained currency among antigovernment and militia enthusiasts in the mid-1990s” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 September 2015 A common weapon for bludgeoning a ‘‘crazy’’ is to insinuate paranoia by consigning them...
Politics in America “When happiness has become championed and talked about incessantly, as it is today, the best we can hope for is that it raises other universal issues…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 August 2015 When happiness has become championed and talked about incessantly, as it is today, the...
Politics in America “Crying ‘gotcha’ has now become like crying wolf. The term has been cheapened by overuse” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 August 2015 Crying “gotcha” has now become like crying wolf. The term has been cheapened by...
Politics in America, Semantics “Then politicians adopted “gotcha” and (being politicians) promptly stripped it of its fun. It became a marker of grievance, umbrage and exasperation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 August 2015 “Gotcha” — the collapsed form of “got you” — first appeared as a random...
Politics in America “When politicians suggest that happiness be made the ultimate aim for society we should remember that they are probably not talking about happiness at all” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 August 2015 When politicians suggest that happiness be made the ultimate aim for society we should...
Business, Politics in America “Regulating Wall Street is an Old Testament sort of affair: Like Leviticus, it is all about the persnickety details” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 August 2015 Regulating Wall Street is an Old Testament sort of affair: Like Leviticus, it is...
Politics in America “It would not be quite right to say that Magna Carta has withstood the ravages of time” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 July 2015 It would not be quite right to say that Magna Carta has withstood the...
Marriage, Politics in America “Dignity is a rather elusive and malleable concept compared with more concrete qualities such as race and sex” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 July 2015 Dignity is a rather elusive and malleable concept compared with more concrete qualities such...
Politics in America “Magna Carta’s unusual legacy in the United States is a matter of political history” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 July 2015 Magna Carta’s unusual legacy in the United States is a matter of political history....
Politics in America “Substituting compulsory morality with compulsory liberalism simply shifts the burden of coercive state power from one group to another” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 July 2015 Obergefell would be a tragic irony if it succeeded in finally closing the door...