” It’s become clear that Democratic élites…underestimated the power of nationalism, because they didn’t feel it strongly themselves”
Summers described numerous trips that he had made during his years at Treasury to...
Category Archives: Politics in America
“A startling aspect of the rage that greeted Bill Clinton was how much of it was aimed at the women he entrusted — or tried to entrust — with power”
The 1990s produced a generation of men who felt (and still feel) left behind...
“The smug style is a psychological reaction to a profound shift in American political demography”
There is a smug style in American liberalism. It has been growing these past...
“For Democrats, the politics of race and class are fraught”
For Democrats, the politics of race and class are fraught. If you focus insistently...
White working class men want “steady, stable, full-time jobs that deliver a solid middle-class life”
When progressives talk about the working class, typically they mean the poor. But the...
“This election has told us that many Americans feel their way of life is disappearing”
Those voters with favorable views of Trump are not, by and large, the poorest...
“From the presidential race on down, Democrats adopted a strategy of inclusiveness that excluded a hefty share of Americans…”
From the presidential race on down, Democrats adopted a strategy of inclusiveness that excluded...
“What has happened in America should not be seen as a victory for hatefulness over decency. It is more accurately understood as a repudiation of the American power structure”
What has happened in America should not be seen as a victory for hatefulness...
“The Hamilton that theatregoers are paying scalpers’ prices to see is a progressive, not the father of Wall Street”
Perhaps the first cosmopolitan élite in American history was Alexander Hamilton: an immigrant, an...
“Hillary Clinton’s defeat is all the more remarkable in that her campaign vastly outspent the Trump campaign on television and radio advertisements, and get-out-the-vote efforts”
Hillary Clinton’s defeat is all the more remarkable in that her campaign vastly outspent...