“For many blue-collar men, all they’re asking for is basic human dignity (male varietal)”
Hillary Clinton…epitomizes the dorky arrogance and smugness of the professional elite. The dorkiness: the...
Category Archives: Politics in America
“For most of the twentieth century, the identities of the major political parties were clear…”
For most of the twentieth century, the identities of the major political parties were...
“Americans know a takeover has occurred, and they blame the establishment for it”
…Clinton had been challenged in the Democratic primaries by the unlikeliest of candidates –...
“Plenty of Trump voters chose him, reluctantly, to be an agent of disruption, which they craved keenly enough to overlook the rest of him”
Donald Trump’s victory and some of the, yes, deplorable chants that accompanied it do...
“Party leaders should have anticipated Trump’s rise…”
Party leaders should have anticipated Trump’s rise—after all, he was created in their laboratory,...
“One little-known element of that gap is that the white working class resents professionals but admires the rich”
For months, the only thing that’s surprised me about Donald Trump is my friends’...
“Hillary Clinton was a flawed candidate but a resilient, intelligent, and competent leader, who never overcame her image among millions of voters as untrustworthy and entitled”
Hillary Clinton was a flawed candidate but a resilient, intelligent, and competent leader, who...
“Trump ran his campaign sensing the feeling of dispossession and anxiety among millions of voters…”
Trump ran his campaign sensing the feeling of dispossession and anxiety among millions of...
“All along, Trump seemed like a twisted caricature of every rotten reflex of the radical right”
All along, Trump seemed like a twisted caricature of every rotten reflex of the...
“What we are seeing is a reaction to a rapidly changing world”
What we are seeing is a reaction to a rapidly changing world. A world...