America “We Americans are reluctant to acknowledge that our economy serves the educated classes and penalizes the rest” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 March 2020 When it comes to people whose lives aren’t going well, American culture is a...
America Anti-vaxxers are “emblematic of too many people’s willful disregard of evidence, proud suspicion of expertise and estrangement from reason” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 May 2019 …the anti-vaccine crowd (or anti-vaxxers) aren’t trafficking in anything as concrete, mundane and quaint...
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...
Incarceration “American cultural history could probably be parcelled out as a sequence of sensational murder cases” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 April 2019 American cultural history could probably be parcelled out as a sequence of sensational murder...
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...
America, Mexico “more Americans have been added to the population of Mexico over the past few years than Mexicans have been added to the population of the United States” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 November 2018 Americans now make up more than three-quarters of Mexico’s roughly one million documented foreigners,...
America, Religion “The disaffected customer seeking spiritual nourishment is increasingly taking matters into their own hands, becoming curators and creators in the religious spheres as well becoming religious and spiritual DJs” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 August 2018 It is estimated that an additional 7,000-10,000 houses of worship will close this year...
America, Pop Culture “Americans are surely the maestros of reappropriation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 September 2017 …Americans are surely the maestros of reappropriation. Conservatives turned the phrase “vast right-wing conspiracy”...
America, Politics in America “Not long ago in America, there was a widespread belief that some things were good for everyone” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 July 2017 Not long ago in America, there was a widespread belief that some things were...
Israel, Palestinians, Politics in America “…for the Israeli government, continuing its occupation is far less costly than the concessions required to end it” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 June 2017 On this 50th anniversary of the war, it is clear that over the half-century...