Politics in America “In general, Trump understands and appreciates that reporters like to be given the time of day” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 November 2015 Getting close to Trump is nothing like the teeth-pulling exercise that it can be...
Politics in America, Television “As a reality TV professional, I would be lucky to strike gold like Donald Trump once or twice in a career” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 October 2015 I’ve been working in reality television for 10 years, and I can tell you...
Politics in America, Television “Donald Trump is the presidential candidate that reality TV made” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 October 2015 Donald Trump is the presidential candidate that reality TV made. An electorate trained in...
Politics in America “…journalists bear special blame for [Trump], because bit by bit, year by year, we turned up the heat, intensifying our demand for conflict, for crackups…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 October 2015 We journalists bear special blame for him, because bit by bit, year by year,...
Entertainment, Politics in America “The bleed of entertainment into politics is hardly new. It’s been rued and prophesied for many decades…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 October 2015 We now utterly conflate entertainment and politics, routinely confuse celebrity with authority and regularly...
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...