Politics in America, Races in America “The ‘authenticity’ that Trump’s followers so admire is factually wrong and morally repulsive” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 November 2016 If racial injustice is considered to be monolithic and unchanging—omitting the context of individual...
Politics in America “American politics in 2016 has taken a big step toward politics in the rest of the world” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 November 2016 The Trump phenomenon, which has onlookers in Europe and elsewhere agog at the latest...
Politics in America “A party that produces Ms. Palin as its vice-presidential nominee and Mr. Trump as its nominee is at war with reason” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 November 2016 As Margaret Thatcher once said, first you win the argument, then you win the...
Politics in America “There’s an ongoing battle among Trump’s opponents to define his supporters” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 November 2016 There’s an ongoing battle among Trump’s opponents to define his supporters. Are they having...
Politics in America “The great truth was that large numbers of Republican voters…wanted government to do more things that benefitted them (as opposed to benefitting people they saw as undeserving)” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 The great truth was that large numbers of Republican voters, especially less educated ones,...
Politics in America White working class men want “steady, stable, full-time jobs that deliver a solid middle-class life” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 When progressives talk about the working class, typically they mean the poor. But the...
Politics in America “This election has told us that many Americans feel their way of life is disappearing” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 Those voters with favorable views of Trump are not, by and large, the poorest...
Politics in America “What has happened in America should not be seen as a victory for hatefulness over decency. It is more accurately understood as a repudiation of the American power structure” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 November 2016 What has happened in America should not be seen as a victory for hatefulness...
Politics in America “Hillary Clinton’s defeat is all the more remarkable in that her campaign vastly outspent the Trump campaign on television and radio advertisements, and get-out-the-vote efforts” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 November 2016 Hillary Clinton’s defeat is all the more remarkable in that her campaign vastly outspent...
Politics in America “For many blue-collar men, all they’re asking for is basic human dignity (male varietal)” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 November 2016 Hillary Clinton…epitomizes the dorky arrogance and smugness of the professional elite. The dorkiness: the...