Politics in America “The Trump era has often come wrapped in a cloak of self-protective irony” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 January 2021 The Trump era has often come wrapped in a cloak of self-protective irony. We...
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 “Trump’s assault on the premises of democracy is not only unique in modern American history but unique in the annals of modern liberal democracy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 October 2018 Trump’s assault on the premises of democracy is not only unique in modern American...
Politics in America “‘Classified’ still conjures images of top-secret government plots, but, in Trump’s Washington, it’s more often used to describe information that the president would prefer to keep quiet” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 April 2018 Trump has been merciless toward anyone else in government who reveals his administration’s secrets,...
Politics in America “Mr. Bush left many voters on the right angry, resentful and suspicious — of war, of policy, of ideology, of the very idea of political solutions and leadership” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 March 2018 There is always some space between a party’s voters and its leaders, some difference...
Politics in America “For evangelicals, voting in the macro is the moral thing to do, even if the candidate is morally flawed” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 March 2018 Does Mr. Trump have moral failings? Yes. Critics will suggest a hypocrisy coming from...
Politics in America “Republican voters…were attracted to shallow political entertainers and obviously unqualified candidates long before Mr. Trump threw his hat in the ring” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 March 2018 For years before Mr. Trump was elected, Republicans lacked a consensus plan to replace...
Politics in America “In many ways, the [Republican] party’s hangups stem from its unwillingness to fully reckon with the Bush legacy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 November 2017 It would be easy to simply blame the president for the party’s disarray. Donald...
Politics in America The Republican Party “became defined by what was left: its resentments and suspicions, its antagonisms and obsessions, its anger and its differences” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 October 2017 The focal point for much of the post-Bush right’s anger and resentment was the...
Politics in America “Trump’s innovation is to have mined a deeper vein of cynicism, exhausting the weary tropes of polite political discourse” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 September 2017 …Trump is pivoting constantly. Or perhaps more accurately, the man is so erratic that...