Journalism, News Media, Politics in America “…conservatives with big microphones taught their listeners not to believe what is reported in the mainstream media…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 December 2016 …while conservatives with big microphones taught their listeners not to believe what is reported...
Beer, Politics in America “…the point of the saloon was never the lager. It was the shared institution. Today it often feels as if the only shared spaces are big-box checkout lines and fast-food parking lots” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 November 2016 Neither work nor unions nor “decent homes” seem stable anymore. And older social institutions...
Politics in America “There are millions of Americans who don’t understand why anyone might worry about the effects of this election” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 November 2016 Most of Mr. Trump’s supporters did not intend to attack our most vulnerable citizens....
Politics in America “In the eighties, the decade of conservative ascendancy, the Clintons’ brand of politics seemed to provide the ingredients of a Democratic revival” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 November 2016 Bill and Hillary moved to Arkansas in 1974, and got married the following year....
Politics in America “To the left, ‘Clintonism’ implies accommodation and calculation. But to the right in 1992, it meant usurpation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 November 2016 Few current observers seem to recall the wrath that greeted Bill Clinton’s ascension. To...
Politics in America “…Americans today, especially on the Trump right and the Sanders left, won’t give politicians anything close to that kind of trust” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 November 2016 Clinton was saying in private what she can’t or won’t in public. The e-mails...
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 “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 “Democrats simply cannot expect to move legislation again until they can regain control of Congress” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 Democrats simply cannot expect to move legislation again until they can regain control of...
Politics in America ” It’s become clear that Democratic élites…underestimated the power of nationalism, because they didn’t feel it strongly themselves” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 Summers described numerous trips that he had made during his years at Treasury to...