Politics in America “…every major ‘populist’ insurgency is a warning about serious problems festering in our politics” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 May 2016 In their own fashion, Sanders and Trump are protesting inequalities and the corruption of...
Politics in America “Cruz is the pinup for pessimistic times” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 April 2016 Cruz is the pinup for pessimistic times. Even John McCain, who once dismissed him...
Politics in America “…unrealistic as Trump’s ideas are, they differ from those of his chief opponents only in degree, not in kind” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 April 2016 In 1980, the third-party Presidential candidate John Anderson succinctly summed up Ronald Reagan’s promise...
Politics in America “Both camps underestimate the other. The traditional advocates often regard the human rights advocates as sellouts, and the human rights supporters often regard the traditional advocates as intellectual lightweights” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 April 2016 Let’s start with the human rights/peace camp, which often pays short shrift to advocating...
Politics in America “…how has Donald Trump, the coddled scion of a New York real-estate baron, emerged as a populist hero?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 March 2016 …how has Donald Trump, the coddled scion of a New York real-estate baron, emerged...
Politics in America “There was a time when an election to succeed a two-term president was not about everything” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 March 2016 Who will prevail in 2016 — the vision of change that Obama presented and,...
Politics in America “…Republicans are likely to be highly unified and mobilized around the direction they want the country to go. Democrats are different…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 March 2016 Despite all the turmoil in the Republican Party today and the divisions over who...
Politics in America “Obama’s election set off a profound reaction on the conservative side that implicated everything about people’s view of themselves and of America” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 March 2016 The historic 2008 election was a turning point, when a reshaped Democratic coalition backing...
Internet, Politics in America “There will not be a revolution, but this election might mark the beginning of the seventh party system” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 March 2016 There will not be a revolution, but this election might mark the beginning of...
Politics in America “The people who turn up at Sanders and Trump rallies are wed, across the aisle, in bonds of populist unrest” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 March 2016 The people who turn up at Sanders and Trump rallies are wed, across the...