Politics in America, Semantics “When underlying conditions are already suffused with politics, doing nothing can itself constitute a political act” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 March 2018 Change, of course, is inherently destabilizing. It upsets an existing state of affairs that...
Politics in America, Semantics “Politicization is the last refuge of the scoundrel” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 March 2018 Politicization is the last refuge of the scoundrel. To “politicize” something — hurricanes, intelligence,...
Politics in America “…accusations of ‘virtue signaling’ are, more than anything, a way of walking out on that argument and dismissing it altogether…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 September 2017 …accusations of “virtue signaling” are, more than anything, a way of walking out on...
Politics in America “Fetishizing civility has a way of elevating style over substance” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 September 2017 Fetishizing civility has a way of elevating style over substance. Richard Spencer, the white...
Politics in America “When did our national discourse become so consumed with the state of our national discourse?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 September 2017 When did our national discourse become so consumed with the state of our national...
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...
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...