America “The network of alliances that distinguishes America from other powers and has kept our nation safe and strong for decades is now in jeopardy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 June 2017 Four and a half months is not long, but President Trump has accomplished an...
America, Economy “Main Street requires shoppers who don’t really care about low prices. The dream of Main Street may be populist, but the reality is elitist” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 May 2017 It’s worth noting that the idealized Main Street is not a myth in some...
California, Politics in America “To label something ‘un-American’ is to imagine America as it should have been or as it might yet be but not as it ever was” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 May 2017 On the surface, “un-American” implies consensus: It carries a punch only when everybody agrees...
America “This notion — that America is not simply another nation-state but an ‘idea’ — is itself the big American idea, the “beating heart” of what’s known as American exceptionalism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 May 2017 This notion — that America is not simply another nation-state but an “idea” —...
America, Business “The fight to save Main Street, then as now, was less about the price of goods gained than the cost of autonomy lost” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 May 2017 …nostalgia for Main Street is misplaced — and costly. Small stores are inefficient. Local...
America Main Street “unraveled in the 1960s and 1970s, as fair trade laws were repealed, manufacturers discovered overseas suppliers and unions came undone” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 April 2017 To save Main Street, state lawmakers in the 1930s passed “fair trade” legislation that...
Europe, Politics in America “The party structures on both sides of the Atlantic have their origins in the Industrial Revolution and the debates engendered by that epoch about socialism and capitalism, the market and the state” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 March 2017 The party structures on both sides of the Atlantic have their origins in the...
Uncategorized “In the ghetto narrative, a poor neighborhood falls victim to isolation; in the gentrification narrative, a poor neighborhood falls victim to invasion” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 February 2017 In the ghetto narrative, a poor neighborhood falls victim to isolation; in the gentrification...
Politics in America “We are entering a deeply dark period of American history” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 February 2017 We are entering a deeply dark period of American history. Some have called what...
America, Politics in America “Double standards in politics are not uncommon” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 February 2017 Double standards in politics are not uncommon. They are not even necessarily wrong. But...