Europe, Politics in America “…liberalism has, to an unusual degree, been defined by what it wasn’t” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 March 2020 …liberalism has, to an unusual degree, been defined by what it wasn’t. For French...
Halakhah, Jewish, Politics in America “When you vote, you hopefully evaluate the full gamut of issues and discover that on some issues one party’s views are more in accordance with Torah and on others it is the other party’s, and often neither are” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 December 2019 I understand that we have both College Democrats and College Republicans chapters on our...
Politics in America “…impeachment had all but vanished from English practice when American delegates to the Constitutional Convention provided for it…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 November 2019 Impeachment is an ancient relic, a rusty legal instrument and political weapon first wielded...
Politics in America “The reality of this primary process is that if you aren’t on the stage in Houston next week, you aren’t going to be the Democratic nominee” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 September 2019 …the 10 men and women not on the stage will argue that the Democratic...
Politics in America, Semantics “Invoking the word does not demean the memory of the Holocaust. Instead, the lessons of the Holocaust will be lost if we refuse to engage with them.” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 June 2019 …it’s important to note that despite the contemporary association of concentration camps with the...
Politics in America Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “has become a handy and versatile symbol — the representative representative” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 May 2019 The congresswoman has become a handy and versatile symbol — the representative representative. For...
Gender, Politics in America “Likability is associated with an emotional connection between candidate and voter that makes a politician worthy of trust” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 May 2019 Likability seems to have emerged as an important personality trait in the late 19th...
America, Politics in America “Spreading conspiracy theories once had a price — printing or even mimeographing a tract costs money — but now…, anyone can post a madcap theory or a doctored photograph virtually for free” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 April 2019 Democracies depend on buy-in; citizens need to believe in certain basics, starting with the...
Politics in America “The very things that can make the center so appealing, however, are also its great weaknesses” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 March 2019 The very things that can make the center so appealing, however, are also its...
America, Israel, Politics in America, Politics in Israel “There are really important arenas…where the comparisons between these two countries need to be interrogated, and where deep work has to take place in order to ensure that the two societies are not reinforcing each others’ weaknesses” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 February 2019 There are really important arenas – ideological trends like the rise of nationalism and...