Politics in America “What liberals find objectionable is a politicized vision of authentic faith that amounts to a simple set of core beliefs…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 January 2017 What liberal “elites” — believers and nonbelievers — find objectionable is not religion, but...
Ohio Ohio is “not flyover country. It’s a place worth visiting.” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 November 2016 Let me tell you about the Ohio I know: It’s the birthplace of the...
Politics in America “What we are seeing is a reaction to a rapidly changing world” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 November 2016 What we are seeing is a reaction to a rapidly changing world. A world...
Politics in America “I’m from the Midwest, and I love the Midwest, but it’s not representative of modern America” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 November 2016 I have friends and acquaintances who are Trump supporters. They genuinely do not understand...
Politics in America “To pin this election on the coastal elite is a cop-out. It’s intellectually dishonest, and it’s beneath us.” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 November 2016 To pin this election on the coastal elite is a cop-out. It’s intellectually dishonest,...
America, Journalism, News Media, Writing “Conflicts gain sustained American attention only when they provide a compelling story line that appeals to both the public and political actors…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 October 2016 The United States is the world’s sole remaining superpower, but Americans often seem so...
America, Internet “…mix of youthful safety and adult immaturity may be a feature of life in a society increasingly shaped by the internet’s virtual realities” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 August 2016 Since the 1990s, we’ve seen two broad social changes that few observers would have...
America “Though many working-class whites have lost any ties to church, they haven’t necessarily abandoned their faith” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 July 2016 …church attendance has fallen substantially among the members of the white working class in...
Alcoholic Drinks, America, Beer “The most surprising thing about the nineteenth-century temperance movement is that it seems to have worked: in the course of the century, hard-liquor consumption plummeted” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 February 2016 The most surprising thing about the nineteenth-century temperance movement is that it seems to...
America “Prohibition didn’t seem frivolous at the time…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 January 2016 Prohibition didn’t seem frivolous at the time—if the comparison to abolitionism seems bizarre today,...