Politics in America “For evangelicals, voting in the macro is the moral thing to do, even if the candidate is morally flawed” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 March 2018 Does Mr. Trump have moral failings? Yes. Critics will suggest a hypocrisy coming from...
Politics in America “Republican voters…were attracted to shallow political entertainers and obviously unqualified candidates long before Mr. Trump threw his hat in the ring” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 March 2018 For years before Mr. Trump was elected, Republicans lacked a consensus plan to replace...
Politics in America, Television “The sessions are extraordinary for the rare glimpses they provide of unscripted conversations at the White House on critical issues” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 March 2018 The chief executive sits at a long wooden table, putting his invited guests on...
Politics in America “This fall, the Trump administration found its new favorite non-denial denial” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 March 2018 This fall, the Trump administration found its new favorite non-denial denial. When a reporter...
Politics in America, Semantics “When underlying conditions are already suffused with politics, doing nothing can itself constitute a political act” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 March 2018 Change, of course, is inherently destabilizing. It upsets an existing state of affairs that...
Politics in America, Semantics “Politicization is the last refuge of the scoundrel” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 March 2018 Politicization is the last refuge of the scoundrel. To “politicize” something — hurricanes, intelligence,...
America, Femininity “#MeToo arises from the failure of empowerment feminism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 February 2018 Once told to be hotties (even judges wanted to be hotties!), girls were next...
Politics in America “we have here a ‘Baptists and bootleggers’ situation, in which liberals and conservatives combine to create a moral situation much worse than either’s policies could independently create” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 January 2018 Mr. Sholom Rubashkin was recently released from prison. There are compelling arguments that his...
America, Money “Our ideas about egalitarianism make even the beneficiaries of inequality uncomfortable with it” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 November 2017 Our ideas about egalitarianism make even the beneficiaries of inequality uncomfortable with it. And...
Politics in America “In many ways, the [Republican] party’s hangups stem from its unwillingness to fully reckon with the Bush legacy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 November 2017 It would be easy to simply blame the president for the party’s disarray. Donald...